In Ramayana sandal wood color is shown as red. What red?
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लोहितेन अनुलिप्त अन्गम् चन्दनेन सुगन्धिना |
संध्या रक्तम् इव आकाशे तोयदम् सतडिद् गुणम् || ५-१०-८
लोहितेन चन्दनेन (lohitenachandanena) = with red sandal wood;
Similarly in Sloka 19
शश क्षतज कल्पेन सुशीतेन सुगन्धिना |
चन्दनेन पर अर्ध्येन स्वनुलिप्तौ स्वलम्क्र्तौ || ५-१०-१९
शश क्षतज कल्पेन (shashakshatajakalpena) = resembling a hare's blood;
Similarly in Sloka 26
रक्त चन्दन दिग्धेन तथा हारेण शोभिता |
पीन आयत विशालेन वक्षसा अभिविराजितम् || ५-१०-२६
रक्त चन्दन दिग्धेन (raktachandanadigdhena) = smeared with red sandal
Again in Ayodya kanda sarga 16 sloka 9
वराह रुधिर आभेण शुचिना च सुगन्धिना |
अनुलिप्तम् पर अर्ध्येन चन्दनेन परम् तपम् || २-१२-९
वराह रुधिर आभेण (varaaharudhiraabheNa) = blood of a boar
So sandal wood color is red like blood of Pig or Hare etc.
Contributed by M H Gopalakrishnan
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