महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-228, verse-27

शकटापणवेश्याश्च वणिजो बन्दिनस्तथा ।
नराश्च मृगयाशीलाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥२७॥

27. śakaṭāpaṇaveśyāśca vaṇijo bandinastathā ,
narāśca mṛgayāśīlāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.

27. śakaṭāpaṇaveśyāḥ ca vaṇijaḥ bandinaḥ tathā
narāḥ ca mṛgayāśīlāḥ śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ

27. Cart-drivers, shopkeepers, and courtesans, as well as merchants and bards, and men fond of hunting, (followed) in hundreds and then in thousands.

27. וכן עגלות, חנויות וקורטיזנות, סוחרים ומשוררי חצר, וגם אנשים אוהבי ציד, במאות ובאלפים.

Words meanings summery:

• शकटापणवेश्याः (śakaṭāpaṇaveśyāḥ) - cart-drivers, shopkeepers, and courtesans

• च (ca) - and

• वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - merchants

• बन्दिनः (bandinaḥ) - bards, panegyrists

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, and

• नराः (narāḥ) - men

• च (ca) - and

• मृगयाशीलाः (mṛgayāśīlāḥ) - men who are fond of hunting (fond of hunting, accustomed to hunting)

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• अथ (atha) - then, moreover

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

शकटापणवेश्याः (śakaṭāpaṇaveśyāḥ) - cart-drivers, shopkeepers, and courtesans

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śakaṭāpaṇaveśyā

śakaṭāpaṇaveśyā - carts, shops, and courtesans (referring to people associated with these)

Compound type : dvandva (śakaṭa+āpaṇa+veśyā)

• śakaṭa – cart, waggon; (by extension) cart-driver or person associated with carts
  noun (masculine)
• āpaṇa – market, shop; (by extension) shopkeeper or merchant
  noun (masculine)
• veśyā – courtesan, prostitute
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - merchants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaṇij

vaṇij - merchant, trader

बन्दिनः (bandinaḥ) - bards, panegyrists

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bandin

bandin - bard, panegyrist, praiser

तथा (tathā) - similarly, and

(indeclinable)

नराः (narāḥ) - men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मृगयाशीलाः (mṛgayāśīlāḥ) - men who are fond of hunting (fond of hunting, accustomed to hunting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgayāśīla

mṛgayāśīla - fond of hunting, accustomed to hunting, sportsman

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛgayā+śīla)

• mṛgayā – hunting, chase
  noun (feminine)
• śīla – nature, disposition, habit, custom; fond of, prone to (when used as a suffix)
  noun (neuter)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'śata' (hundred) with the suffix '-śaḥ' indicating distribution or manner.

अथ (atha) - then, moreover

(indeclinable)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'sahasra' (thousand) with the suffix '-śaḥ' indicating distribution or manner.

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