महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-220, verse-16

स्त्रियो मानुषमांसादा वृद्धिका नाम नामतः ।
वृक्षेषु जातास्ता देव्यो नमस्कार्याः प्रजार्थिभिः ॥१६॥

16. striyo mānuṣamāṁsādā vṛddhikā nāma nāmataḥ ,
vṛkṣeṣu jātāstā devyo namaskāryāḥ prajārthibhiḥ.

16. striyaḥ mānuṣamāṃsādāḥ vṛddhikā nāma nāmataḥ
vṛkṣeṣu jātāḥ tāḥ devyaḥ namaskāryāḥ prajārthibhiḥ

16. There are goddesses known by the name Vṛddhikā, who consume human flesh. Born in trees, those deities should be venerated by those who seek offspring.

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women, females, goddesses

• मानुषमांसादाः (mānuṣamāṁsādāḥ) - human-flesh-eaters

• वृद्धिका (vṛddhikā) - Vṛddhikā (a name)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, namely

• नामतः (nāmataḥ) - by name, by designation

• वृक्षेषु (vṛkṣeṣu) - in trees, on trees

• जाताः (jātāḥ) - born, arisen

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• देव्यः (devyaḥ) - goddesses, deities

• नमस्कार्याः (namaskāryāḥ) - should be revered, to be saluted

• प्रजार्थिभिः (prajārthibhiḥ) - by those desiring offspring

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women, females, goddesses

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female, wife, goddess

मानुषमांसादाः (mānuṣamāṁsādāḥ) - human-flesh-eaters

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mānuṣamāṃsāda

mānuṣamāṁsāda - human-flesh-eater, cannibal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mānuṣa+māṃsa+āda)

• mānuṣa – human, relating to humans
  adjective (neuter)
• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• āda – eating, devouring
  adjective
  agent noun/suffix
  Derived from root AD (to eat)
  Root: AD (class 2)

वृद्धिका (vṛddhikā) - Vṛddhikā (a name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛddhikā

vṛddhikā - a name of a goddess or class of goddesses; increase, growth

नाम (nāma) - by name, namely

(indeclinable)

नामतः (nāmataḥ) - by name, by designation

(indeclinable)

Ablative suffix -taḥ indicating 'from' or 'by means of'

वृक्षेषु (vṛkṣeṣu) - in trees, on trees

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

जाताः (jātāḥ) - born, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root JAN (to be born)

Root: JAN (class 4)

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

देव्यः (devyaḥ) - goddesses, deities

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devī

devī - goddess, female deity

नमस्कार्याः (namaskāryāḥ) - should be revered, to be saluted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of namaskārya

namaskārya - to be saluted, worthy of reverence

Gerundive

Derived from root KṚ (to do) with upasarga NAMAS and suffix -ya

Prefix: namas

Root: KṚ (class 8)

प्रजार्थिभिः (prajārthibhiḥ) - by those desiring offspring

(noun)

Instrumental, plural of prajārthin

prajārthin - one who desires offspring/children

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+arthin)

• prajā – offspring, children, progeny
  noun (feminine)
• arthin – desirous, asking, seeker
  adjective
  Derived from root ARTH (to seek)
  Root: ARTH (class 10)