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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-316, verse-45

इन्द्रियाणि च पञ्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा ।
इत्येष सप्तदशको राशिरव्यक्तसंज्ञकः ॥४५॥
45. indriyāṇi ca pañcaiva tamaḥ sattvaṁ rajastathā ,
ityeṣa saptadaśako rāśiravyaktasaṁjñakaḥ.
45. indriyāṇi ca pañca eva tamaḥ sattvam rajas tathā
iti eṣaḥ saptadaśakaḥ rāśiḥ avyakta-saṃjñakaḥ
45. indriyāṇi pañca eva ca tamaḥ sattvam rajas tathā
iti eṣaḥ saptadaśakaḥ rāśiḥ avyakta-saṃjñakaḥ
45. The five senses, along with tamas, sattva, and rajas (which constitute the subtle elements and faculties), form this seventeen-fold aggregate known as the unmanifest (avyakta).

Words meanings summery:

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  • इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the five senses of perception (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) (senses, sense organs)
  • (ca) - and, also
  • पञ्च (pañca) - five
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
  • तमः (tamaḥ) - one of the three qualities (guṇas) of prakṛti, associated with inertia and ignorance (tamas, darkness, inertia)
  • सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - one of the three qualities (guṇas) of prakṛti, associated with purity, clarity, and goodness (sattva, purity, goodness)
  • रजस् (rajas) - one of the three qualities (guṇas) of prakṛti, associated with passion, activity, and agitation (rajas, passion, activity)
  • तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and, also
  • इति (iti) - introduces a conclusion or designation (thus, so, in this manner)
  • एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one
  • सप्तदशकः (saptadaśakaḥ) - seventeen-fold, consisting of seventeen
  • राशिः (rāśiḥ) - heap, aggregate, collection, group
  • अव्यक्त-संज्ञकः (avyakta-saṁjñakaḥ) - named 'unmanifest', called 'the unmanifest'

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the five senses of perception (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) (senses, sense organs)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya
indriya - sense, sense organ, faculty
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
पञ्च (pañca) - five
(numeral)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
(indeclinable)
तमः (tamaḥ) - one of the three qualities (guṇas) of prakṛti, associated with inertia and ignorance (tamas, darkness, inertia)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas
tamas - darkness, gloom; the quality (guṇa) of inertia, ignorance, dullness
सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - one of the three qualities (guṇas) of prakṛti, associated with purity, clarity, and goodness (sattva, purity, goodness)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva
sattva - existence, reality, essence; the quality (guṇa) of goodness, purity, clarity
रजस् (rajas) - one of the three qualities (guṇas) of prakṛti, associated with passion, activity, and agitation (rajas, passion, activity)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of rajas
rajas - dust, gloom, impurity; the quality (guṇa) of passion, activity, agitation
तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and, also
(indeclinable)
इति (iti) - introduces a conclusion or designation (thus, so, in this manner)
(indeclinable)
एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of etad
etad - this, this one
सप्तदशकः (saptadaśakaḥ) - seventeen-fold, consisting of seventeen
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saptadaśaka
saptadaśaka - seventeen-fold, consisting of seventeen
Derived from saptadaśa (seventeen) with suffix -ka
Compound type : dvandva (saptan+daśan+ka)
  • saptan – seven
    numeral
  • daśan – ten
    numeral
  • ka – suffix used to form adjectives or nouns, implying 'related to' or 'small'
    suffix
राशिः (rāśiḥ) - heap, aggregate, collection, group
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of rāśi
rāśi - heap, pile, quantity, collection, aggregate, group
अव्यक्त-संज्ञकः (avyakta-saṁjñakaḥ) - named 'unmanifest', called 'the unmanifest'
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of avyakta-saṃjñaka
avyakta-saṁjñaka - named 'unmanifest', having the designation 'unmanifest'
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avyakta+saṃjñaka)
  • avyakta – unmanifest, unperceived, subtle; prakṛti
    adjective (neuter)
    Negation of vyakta (manifest)
    Prefix: a
  • saṃjñaka – named, called, designated
    adjective (masculine)
    From saṃjñā (name, designation) with suffix -ka