महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-10, verse-17

पुष्पाननः पिङ्गलकः शोणितोदः प्रवालकः ।
वृक्षवास्यनिकेतश्च चीरवासाश्च भारत ॥१७॥

17. puṣpānanaḥ piṅgalakaḥ śoṇitodaḥ pravālakaḥ ,
vṛkṣavāsyaniketaśca cīravāsāśca bhārata.

17. puṣpānanaḥ piṅgalakaḥ śoṇitodaḥ pravālakaḥ
vṛkṣavāsiniketaḥ ca cīravāsāḥ ca bhārata

17. Puṣpānana, Piṅgalaka, Śoṇitoda, and Pravālaka; also Vṛkṣavāsiniketa and Cīravāsas, O Bhārata.

Words meanings summery:

• पुष्पाननः (puṣpānanaḥ) - Puṣpānana (a proper name, 'flower-faced') (flower-faced)

• पिङ्गलकः (piṅgalakaḥ) - Piṅgalaka (a proper name, 'the tawny one') (tawny, reddish-brown)

• शोणितोदः (śoṇitodaḥ) - Śoṇitoda (a proper name, 'blood-water' or 'one who drinks blood-water') (blood-water, one whose water is blood)

• प्रवालकः (pravālakaḥ) - Pravālaka (a proper name, 'the coral-like one' or 'the sprout-like one') (coral, sprout)

• वृक्षवासिनिकेतः (vṛkṣavāsiniketaḥ) - Vṛkṣavāsiniketa (a proper name) (one whose abode is a tree, or one whose dwelling is with tree-dwellers)

• च (ca) - and

• चीरवासाः (cīravāsāḥ) - Cīravāsas (a proper name, 'one who wears bark-garments') (dressed in bark, wearing rags)

• च (ca) - and

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative, addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Arjuna in other contexts, here a generic address to the listener) (descendant of Bharata, O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

पुष्पाननः (puṣpānanaḥ) - Puṣpānana (a proper name, 'flower-faced') (flower-faced)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṣpānana

puṣpānana - flower-faced; a proper name

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṣpa+ānana)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• ānana – face, mouth, countenance
  noun (neuter)

पिङ्गलकः (piṅgalakaḥ) - Piṅgalaka (a proper name, 'the tawny one') (tawny, reddish-brown)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of piṅgalaka

piṅgalaka - tawny, reddish-brown; a proper name

Note: Diminutive form of piṅgala.

शोणितोदः (śoṇitodaḥ) - Śoṇitoda (a proper name, 'blood-water' or 'one who drinks blood-water') (blood-water, one whose water is blood)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śoṇitoda

śoṇitoda - blood-water; a proper name

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoṇita+uda)

• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• uda – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: uda is an alternative form of udaka (water).

प्रवालकः (pravālakaḥ) - Pravālaka (a proper name, 'the coral-like one' or 'the sprout-like one') (coral, sprout)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravālaka

pravālaka - coral, sprout, shoot; a proper name

Note: Diminutive of pravāla.

वृक्षवासिनिकेतः (vṛkṣavāsiniketaḥ) - Vṛkṣavāsiniketa (a proper name) (one whose abode is a tree, or one whose dwelling is with tree-dwellers)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣavāsiniketa

vṛkṣavāsiniketa - one whose dwelling is a tree; a proper name

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛkṣa+vāsin+niketa)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabitant, residing
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From verb root VAS (to dwell).
  Root: VAS (class 1)
• niketa – house, dwelling, abode
  noun (masculine)

Note: Given as a single compound.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चीरवासाः (cīravāsāḥ) - Cīravāsas (a proper name, 'one who wears bark-garments') (dressed in bark, wearing rags)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cīravāsas

cīravāsas - dressed in bark, wearing rags; a proper name

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cīra+vāsas)

• cīra – strip of bark, rags, bark-garment
  noun (neuter)
• vāsas – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)

Note: Declines like a noun ending in -s.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative, addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Arjuna in other contexts, here a generic address to the listener) (descendant of Bharata, O descendant of Bharata)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - a descendant of Bharata, an Indian; relating to Bharata

Note: Commonly used as an address in epic literature.

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