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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-146, verse-66

बाहुस्वस्तिकविन्यस्तपीनह्रस्वशिरोधरम् ।
स्कन्धभूयिष्ठकायत्वात्तनुमध्यकटीतटम् ॥६६॥
66. bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodharam ,
skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatvāttanumadhyakaṭītaṭam.
66. bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodharam |
skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatvāt tanumadhyakaṭītaṭam
66. His thick, short neck was positioned with his arms crossed in a svastika pattern, and because of his body's predominant shoulders, his waist and hip area were slender.

Words meanings summery:

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  • बाहुस्वस्तिकविन्यस्तपीनह्रस्वशिरोधरम् (bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodharam) - describing Hanuman's neck and arm posture (with a thick, short neck positioned with arms crossed in a svastika pattern)
  • स्कन्धभूयिष्ठकायत्वात् (skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatvāt) - referring to Hanuman's physique, where shoulders are prominent (because of having a body predominantly of shoulders, due to his body being mostly shoulders)
  • तनुमध्यकटीतटम् (tanumadhyakaṭītaṭam) - describing Hanuman's slender waist and hips (with a slender middle and hip region)

Words meanings and morphology

बाहुस्वस्तिकविन्यस्तपीनह्रस्वशिरोधरम् (bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodharam) - describing Hanuman's neck and arm posture (with a thick, short neck positioned with arms crossed in a svastika pattern)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodhara
bāhusvastikavinyastapīnahrasvaśirodhara - one whose thick, short neck is placed with arms crossed in a svastika pattern
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāhu+svastika+vinyasta+pīna+hrasva+śirodhara)
  • bāhu – arm
    noun (masculine)
  • svastika – svastika (auspicious mark), crossed position
    noun (neuter)
  • vinyasta – placed, arranged, positioned
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    From verb √as (to throw, to place) with prefixes vi and ni.
    Prefixes: vi+ni
    Root: as (class 2)
  • pīna – thick, plump, robust
    adjective
  • hrasva – short, small
    adjective
  • śirodhara – neck (literally, 'head-holder')
    noun (masculine)
Note: Qualifies an unstated masculine noun (e.g., 'him').
स्कन्धभूयिष्ठकायत्वात् (skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatvāt) - referring to Hanuman's physique, where shoulders are prominent (because of having a body predominantly of shoulders, due to his body being mostly shoulders)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatva
skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāyatva - the state of having a body where shoulders are predominant
Derived from skandhabhūyiṣṭhakāya + suffix -tva.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (skandha+bhūyiṣṭha+kāya+tva)
  • skandha – shoulder, trunk of a tree
    noun (masculine)
  • bhūyiṣṭha – most abundant, predominant, very much
    adjective
    superlative of bahu
    From bahu (much, many) + iṣṭha (superlative suffix).
  • kāya – body, mass, collection
    noun (masculine)
  • tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, 'the state of being'
    suffix (neuter)
    Secondary nominal suffix.
Note: Used adverbially to mean 'because of'.
तनुमध्यकटीतटम् (tanumadhyakaṭītaṭam) - describing Hanuman's slender waist and hips (with a slender middle and hip region)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tanumadhyakaṭītaṭa
tanumadhyakaṭītaṭa - one whose middle and hip region is slender
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tanu+madhya+kaṭī+taṭa)
  • tanu – slender, thin, delicate
    adjective
  • madhya – middle, waist
    noun (neuter)
  • kaṭī – hip, hip-region, waist
    noun (feminine)
  • taṭa – side, bank, shore, region
    noun (masculine)
Note: Qualifies an unstated masculine noun (e.g., 'him').