महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-1, chapter-179, verse-19
शताङ्गानि च तूर्याणि वादकाश्चाप्यवादयन् ।
सूतमागधसंघाश्च अस्तुवंस्तत्र सुस्वनाः ॥१९॥
सूतमागधसंघाश्च अस्तुवंस्तत्र सुस्वनाः ॥१९॥
19. śatāṅgāni ca tūryāṇi vādakāścāpyavādayan ,
sūtamāgadhasaṁghāśca astuvaṁstatra susvanāḥ.
sūtamāgadhasaṁghāśca astuvaṁstatra susvanāḥ.
19.
śatāṅgāni ca tūryāṇi vādakāḥ ca api avādayan
sūtamāgadhasaṅghāḥ ca astuvant tatra susvanāḥ
sūtamāgadhasaṅghāḥ ca astuvant tatra susvanāḥ
19.
Drums and other musical instruments were played by musicians. There, groups of bards and panegyrists offered praises with melodious sounds.
Words meanings summery:
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- शताङ्गानि (śatāṅgāni) - drums (hundreds of parts, chariots, drums)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
- तूर्याणि (tūryāṇi) - musical instruments (musical instruments, wind instruments)
- वादकाः (vādakāḥ) - musicians (players, musicians)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
- अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)
- अवादयन् (avādayan) - played (they played, they caused to sound)
- सूतमागधसङ्घाः (sūtamāgadhasaṅghāḥ) - groups of bards and panegyrists
- च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
- अस्तुवन्त् (astuvant) - praised (they praised, they lauded)
- तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)
- सुस्वनाः (susvanāḥ) - with melodious sounds (having good sound, melodious, loud)
Words meanings and morphology
शताङ्गानि (śatāṅgāni) - drums (hundreds of parts, chariots, drums)
(noun)
neuter, plural of śatāṅga
śatāṅga - a drum; a chariot (having a hundred parts); a species of plant
Compound type : tatpurusha (śata+aṅga)
- śata – hundred
adjective (neuter) - aṅga – part, limb, body
noun (neuter)
च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
तूर्याणि (tūryāṇi) - musical instruments (musical instruments, wind instruments)
(noun)
neuter, plural of tūrya
tūrya - a musical instrument (especially wind instruments like trumpets, horns, flutes, etc.)
वादकाः (vādakāḥ) - musicians (players, musicians)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vādaka
vādaka - a player of a musical instrument, musician, performer
agent noun
Derived from root vad (to speak, sound) with suffix -aka.
Root: vad (class 1)
च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)
(indeclinable)
अवादयन् (avādayan) - played (they played, they caused to sound)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vad
causative, imperfect, active
Root vad (1P, vadati), causative vādayati (to cause to speak/sound/play). Imperfect 3rd plural avādayan.
Root: vad (class 1)
सूतमागधसङ्घाः (sūtamāgadhasaṅghāḥ) - groups of bards and panegyrists
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sūtamāgadhasaṅgha
sūtamāgadhasaṅgha - an assembly or group of sūtas (charioteers/bards) and māgadhas (panegyrists)
Compound type : dvandva (sūta+māgadha+saṅgha)
- sūta – charioteer, bard, herald
noun (masculine) - māgadha – bard, panegyrist (often from Magadha)
noun (masculine) - saṅgha – group, assembly, collection
noun (masculine)
च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
अस्तुवन्त् (astuvant) - praised (they praised, they lauded)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of stu
imperfect, active
Root stu (2P, stauti). Imperfect 3rd plural astuvant.
Root: stu (class 2)
तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)
(indeclinable)
Locative adverb derived from pronoun tad.
सुस्वनाः (susvanāḥ) - with melodious sounds (having good sound, melodious, loud)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of susvana
susvana - making a good sound, melodious; good sound, pleasant sound
Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+svana)
- su – good, excellent, well
indeclinable - svana – sound, noise
noun (masculine)