al ā mb ā , ▁composed ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 ▁S ansk rit ▁letters ▁( 4 2 8 ▁letters ▁in ▁the ▁roman ▁transl iter ation , ▁dash es ▁ex cluded ), ▁thus ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁longest ▁word ▁ever ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁world wide ▁literature . ▁ ▁Each ▁hy phen ▁separ ates ▁every ▁individual ▁word ▁this ▁word ▁is ▁composed ▁of . ▁ ▁The ▁approximate ▁meaning ▁of ▁this ▁word ▁is : ▁" In ▁it , ▁the ▁dist ress , ▁caused ▁by ▁th irst , ▁to ▁trav ellers , ▁was ▁alle vi ated ▁by ▁clusters ▁of ▁ray s ▁of ▁the ▁bright ▁eyes ▁of ▁the ▁girls ; ▁the ▁ray s ▁that ▁were ▁sh aming ▁the ▁curr ents ▁of ▁light , ▁sweet ▁and ▁cold ▁water ▁charged ▁with ▁the ▁strong ▁fra gr ance ▁of ▁card am om , ▁clo ve , ▁sa ff ron , ▁cam ph or ▁and ▁mus k ▁and ▁flow ing ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁pitch ers ▁( h eld ▁in ) ▁the ▁lot us - like ▁hands ▁of ▁ma id ens ▁( se ated ▁in ) ▁the ▁beautiful ▁water - sh eds , ▁made ▁of ▁the ▁thick ▁roots ▁of ▁v et iver ▁mixed ▁with ▁mar jor am , ▁( and ▁built ▁near ) ▁the ▁foot , ▁covered ▁with ▁he aps ▁of ▁c ouch - like ▁soft ▁sand , ▁of ▁the ▁clusters ▁of ▁newly ▁spr out ing ▁m ango ▁trees , ▁which ▁constantly ▁dark ened ▁the ▁intermediate ▁space ▁of ▁the ▁qu arters , ▁and ▁which ▁looked ▁all ▁the ▁more ▁char ming ▁on ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁trick