Word Meaning
सद-शो'ला
sad-sho'la
hiadjective
Meaning
Possessing a hundred flames; intensely blazing or burning with manifold passions.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning possessing a hundred flames, this compound denotes an overwhelming, manifold blaze of passion, grief, or inner turmoil. In the cited couplet, it combines with 'gul' (flower) to describe a heart or blossom consumed by fiery anguish yet restrained within the fold of patience. It serves as an evocative poetic hyperbole for hidden but intense suffering.
Etymology
Persian 'sad' (hundred) combined with Arabic 'shu'la' (flame, blaze).
Usage
Commonly employed in classical ghazal to express hyperbole regarding the intensity of internal grief or love's burning fire.
Examples
a rose of a hundred flames blooming within
sighs carrying a hundred burning flames
Synonyms
शो'ला-बारआतिश-अफ़रोज़आतिश-ब-जाँ
Related Words
शो'लासोज़िशशकेबाईआतिश