Shloka 62

Cintāmaṇi-gṛha Antara-kathana (Account of the Inner Chambers of the Cintāmaṇi Palace) — Lalitopākhyāna Context

Devanagari script

अथ मञ्चस्योपरिष्टाद्धंसतूलिकतल्पकः / हस्तमात्रं समुन्नम्रं चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तरम्

Transliteration

atha mañcasyopariṣṭāddhaṃsatūlikatalpakaḥ / hastamātraṃ samunnamraṃ caturnalvapravistaram

Translation

Puis, au-dessus du lit (mañca), se trouvait un matelas de duvet de hamsa, d’une douceur exquise; il s’élevait d’une coudée et avait quatre nalva de largeur.

Word by Word

• atha: then/now
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Ārambha/anuvādaka-avyaya (particle: ‘then/now’)

• mañcasya: of the couch
• mañcasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mañca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Gen. 6th), Ekavacana (sg.)

• upariṣṭāt: above/on top
• upariṣṭāt: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upariṣṭāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-avyaya (adverb of place)

• haṃsa-tūlikā-talpakaḥ: a swan-down cushion/mattress
• haṃsa-tūlikā-talpakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + tūlikā (प्रातिपदिक) + talpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana (sg.); tatpuruṣa: ‘haṃsa-tūlikāyāḥ talpakaḥ’ (a mattress/cushion of swan-down)

• hasta-mātram: of a hand’s measure
• hasta-mātram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Measure)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Acc. 2nd), Ekavacana (sg.); pramāṇa-viśeṣaṇa ‘hasta-parimāṇa’

• samunnamram: raised/elevated
• samunnamram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-√nam (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Kta/PPP (क्त), Napuṃsaka (n.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2nd), Ekavacana (sg.); agrees with talpakaḥ understood as object-description (or with implied ‘talpakam’)

• catur-nalva-pravistaram: with an extent of four nalvas
• catur-nalva-pravistaram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Measure)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (संख्या) + nalva (प्रातिपदिक) + pravistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka (n.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2nd), Ekavacana (sg.); measure-compound: ‘catur-nalva-pravistara’ = having a spread/extent of four nalvas