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अङ्गानि श्लथनिः सहानि नयते मुग्धालसे विभ्रमश्-
वासोत्कम्पितकोमलस्तनमुरः सायाससुप्ते भ्रुवौ।
किं चान्दोलनकौतुकव्युपरतावास्येषु वामभ्रुवां
स्वेदाम्भः स्तपिताकुलालकलतेष्वावासितो मन्मथः॥

Her limbs are limp and weak... in the faces of these lovely-browed women, whose playful movements have ceased and whose hair is stilled by beads of sw...

passion (501) languor (2) love (1567) manmatha (7) shringara (26) eroticism (60) description (35)

अङ्गामोदसमोच्छलद्घृणिपतद्भृङ्गावलीमालित-
स्फूर्जल्लञ्छनसूत्रगुम्फितमिलन्नीलोत्पलश्रीरिव।
निर्यत्पादनखोन्मुखांशुविसरस्रग्दन्तुरः स्मर्यतां
मञ्जुश्रीः सुरमुक्तमञ्जरिशिखावर्षैरिवाभ्यर्चितः॥

May we remember Manjushri, who is wreathed with rows of bees... adorned with a garland of rays from his toenails, and worshipped as if by a shower of ...

manjushri (2) buddhism (4) devotion (933) dhyana (2) imagery (157) stotram (5) bodhisattva (2)

अङ्गारपूर्वे गमने च लाभः सोमे शनौ दक्षिणमर्थलाभम्।
बुधे गुरौ पश्चिमकार्यसिद्धी रवौ भृगौ चोत्तरमर्थलाभः॥

On Tuesday, there is gain in a journey. On Monday and Saturday, profit in the south. On Wednesday and Thursday, success in the west. On Sunday and Fri...

astrology (51) travel (44) omen (58) muhurta (4) auspicious direction (2) jyotisha (5)

अङ्गारशूलाश्मपलालकेश- विस्तीर्णविट्चर्ममृतेषु दृष्टः।
श्वा मूत्रयन्यच्छति कार्यनाशं दारिद्र्यमृत्युप्रमुखाननर्थान्॥

A dog seen urinating on embers, a spike, a stone, straw, hair, excrement, or leather causes the destruction of one's work and brings other misfortunes...

omen (58) bad omen (2) superstition (30) divination (6) shakuna shastra (3) dog (22)

अङ्गारसदृशी नारी घृतकुम्भसमः पुमान्।
ये प्रसक्ता विलीनास्ते ये स्थितास्ते पदे स्थिताः॥

A woman is like a burning ember; a man is like a pot of ghee. Those who get attached are melted (destroyed); those who stay in their place remain safe...

temptation (79) adultery (13) lust (89) analogy (98) fire and ghee (3) caution (269) morality (248)

अङ्गारसदृशी योषित् सर्पिःकुम्भसमः पुमान्।
तस्याः परिसरे ब्रह्मन् स्थातव्यं न कदाचन॥

A woman is like a burning ember; a man is like a pot of ghee. O Brahmin, one should never stay in her vicinity. A more direct and prescriptive versio...

temptation (79) asceticism (87) abstinence (2) analogy (98) fire and ghee (3) warning (153)

अङ्गारहासिषु विलासगृहोदरेषु तल्पेषु तूलपटकल्पितवेष्टनेषु।
उष्णेषु च प्रणयिनीकुचमण्डलेषु शान्तिं जगाम शिशिरस्य तुषारगर्वः॥

In pleasure-houses with their glowing braziers, on soft cotton beds, and on the warm bosom of a beloved—the pride of the winter's frost was subdued. ...

winter (21) love (1567) comfort (27) warmth (36) shringara (26) romance (506) poetry (588)

अङ्गारैः खचितेव भूर्वियदपि ज्वालाकरालं करैस्
तिग्मांशोः किरतीव तीव्रमभितो वायुः कुकूलानलम्।
अप्यम्भांसि नखंपचानि सरितामाशा ज्वलन्तीव च
ग्रीष्मेऽस्मिन्नववह्निदीपितमिवाशेषं जगद्वर्तते॥

The earth seems studded with burning coals; the sky scatters intense fire... In this summer, the entire world seems to be lit by a new fire. A powerf...

summer (22) heat (60) hyperbole (29) imagery (157) nature (950) description (35) grishma (2)

अङ्गारैः शाकवृक्षस्य चूर्णितैः सघृतैस्त्र्यहम्।
दत्तैर्नश्यत्यतीसारस्त्र्य् अहं पानीयवारणात्॥

Diarrhea is destroyed in three days by taking powdered charcoal of the teak tree with ghee for three days, and by abstaining from water for three days...

ayurveda (78) medicine (51) diarrhea (1) remedy (43) prescription (2) herbal medicine (2)

अङ्गासङ्गिमृणालकाण्डमयते
भृङ्गावलीनां रुचं नासामौक्तिकमिन्द्रनीलसरणिं
श्वासानिलाद् गाहते। दत्तेयं हिमवालुकापि कुचयोर्धत्ते
क्षणं दीपतां तप्तायःपतिताम्बुवत्करतले धाराम्बु संलीयते॥

The stream of water on her palm dissolves like water on hot iron. A poetic description of a woman suffering from the intense fever of lovesickness (v...

lovesickness (9) viraha (18) fever (11) hyperbole (29) paradox (167) poetry (588) suffering (358)