महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-3, verse-26

अन्तरिक्षचरा घोरा महाकाया महाबलाः ।
रक्ताक्षाः पिङ्गलाक्षाश्च शुक्तिकर्णाः प्रहारिणः ॥२६॥

26. antarikṣacarā ghorā mahākāyā mahābalāḥ ,
raktākṣāḥ piṅgalākṣāśca śuktikarṇāḥ prahāriṇaḥ.

26. antarikṣacarāḥ ghorāḥ mahākāyāḥ mahābalāḥ
raktākṣāḥ piṅgalākṣāḥ ca śuktikarnāḥ prahāriṇaḥ

26. They were sky-roaming, formidable, with massive bodies and immense strength; they had red eyes, and tawny eyes, shell-like ears, and were prone to striking.

26. הם נעים בשמיים, מפחידים, בעלי גוף עצום וכוח רב, בעלי עיניים אדומות או צהבהבות, אוזניהם כאם הפנינה והם מכים בעוצמה.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तरिक्षचराः (antarikṣacarāḥ) - sky-roaming, moving in the atmosphere

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, formidable, dreadful

• महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - large-bodied, enormous

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - immensely strong, powerful

• रक्ताक्षाः (raktākṣāḥ) - red-eyed

• पिङ्गलाक्षाः (piṅgalākṣāḥ) - tawny-eyed, yellow-eyed

• च (ca) - and

• शुक्तिकर्नाः (śuktikarnāḥ) - having shell-like ears

• प्रहारिणः (prahāriṇaḥ) - prone to striking or attacking (striking, attacking, assaulters)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तरिक्षचराः (antarikṣacarāḥ) - sky-roaming, moving in the atmosphere

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of antarikṣacara

antarikṣacara - moving in the air or sky, sky-roaming

Compound type : tatpurusha (antarikṣa+cara)

• antarikṣa – atmosphere, sky, space
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going, a mover
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Describes the rākṣasas.

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, formidable, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, formidable, dreadful, fierce

Note: Describes the rākṣasas.

महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - large-bodied, enormous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahākāya

mahākāya - having a large body, massive-bodied

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• kāya – body, collection, group
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the rākṣasas.

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - immensely strong, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - having great strength, very powerful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the rākṣasas.

रक्ताक्षाः (raktākṣāḥ) - red-eyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of raktākṣa

raktākṣa - red-eyed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (rakta+akṣa)

• rakta – red, dyed, passionate
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle from √rañj (to dye)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• akṣa – eye, axle, dice
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the rākṣasas.

पिङ्गलाक्षाः (piṅgalākṣāḥ) - tawny-eyed, yellow-eyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of piṅgalākṣa

piṅgalākṣa - tawny-eyed, yellow-eyed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (piṅgala+akṣa)

• piṅgala – tawny, yellowish-brown
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣa – eye, axle, dice
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the rākṣasas.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शुक्तिकर्नाः (śuktikarnāḥ) - having shell-like ears

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śuktikarna

śuktikarna - having shell-like ears, ears like an oyster

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śukti+karna)

• śukti – shell, oyster shell, mother-of-pearl
  noun (feminine)
• karna – ear, handle, helm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the rākṣasas.

प्रहारिणः (prahāriṇaḥ) - prone to striking or attacking (striking, attacking, assaulters)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prahārin

prahārin - striking, smiting, assailant, attacker

Agent noun from pra-√hṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Describes the rākṣasas.

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