महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-267, verse-11

गिरिकूटनिभाः केचित्केचिन्महिषसंनिभाः ।
शरदभ्रप्रतीकाशाः पिष्टहिङ्गुलकाननाः ॥११॥

11. girikūṭanibhāḥ kecitkecinmahiṣasaṁnibhāḥ ,
śaradabhrapratīkāśāḥ piṣṭahiṅgulakānanāḥ.

11. girikūṭanibhāḥ kecit kecit mahiṣasaṃnibhāḥ
śaradabhrapratīkāśāḥ piṣṭahiṅgulakānanāḥ

11. Some (monkeys) were like mountain peaks, others like buffaloes. Some resembled autumn clouds, and still others were like forests of powdered vermilion.

Words meanings summery:

• गिरिकूटनिभाः (girikūṭanibhāḥ) - (monkeys) resembling mountain peaks in size and form (like mountain peaks, resembling mountain summits)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (monkeys) (some, a few)

• केचित् (kecit) - others (among the monkeys) (some, a few)

• महिषसंनिभाः (mahiṣasaṁnibhāḥ) - (monkeys) resembling buffaloes in size and strength (like buffaloes, resembling buffaloes)

• शरदभ्रप्रतीकाशाः (śaradabhrapratīkāśāḥ) - (monkeys) resembling bright white autumn clouds (resembling autumn clouds)

• पिष्टहिङ्गुलकाननाः (piṣṭahiṅgulakānanāḥ) - (monkeys) reddish-brown like powdered vermilion and vast in number like a forest (like forests of powdered vermilion, vermilion-colored and vast)

Words meanings and morphology

गिरिकूटनिभाः (girikūṭanibhāḥ) - (monkeys) resembling mountain peaks in size and form (like mountain peaks, resembling mountain summits)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of girikūṭanibha

girikūṭanibha - resembling a mountain peak

Compound type : bahuvrihi (giri+kūṭa+nibha)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṝ (class 6)
• kūṭa – peak, summit, horn, heap
  noun (neuter)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar
  adjective
  From ni + root bhā (to shine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Describes the monkeys.

केचित् (kecit) - some (monkeys) (some, a few)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kacid

kacid - some, any, a certain

From ka (who) + cid (an indeclinable particle)

केचित् (kecit) - others (among the monkeys) (some, a few)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kacid

kacid - some, any, a certain

From ka (who) + cid (an indeclinable particle)

महिषसंनिभाः (mahiṣasaṁnibhāḥ) - (monkeys) resembling buffaloes in size and strength (like buffaloes, resembling buffaloes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahiṣasaṃnibha

mahiṣasaṁnibha - resembling a buffalo

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (mahiṣa+saṃnibha)

• mahiṣa – buffalo
  noun (masculine)
• saṃnibha – very similar, perfectly resembling, like
  adjective
  From sam + ni + root bhā
  Prefixes: sam+ni
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Describes the monkeys.

शरदभ्रप्रतीकाशाः (śaradabhrapratīkāśāḥ) - (monkeys) resembling bright white autumn clouds (resembling autumn clouds)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaradabhrapratīkāśa

śaradabhrapratīkāśa - resembling autumn clouds

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (śarad+abhra+pratīkāśa)

• śarad – autumn, autumnal
  noun (feminine)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
  Root: abhr
• pratīkāśa – resembling, similar to, like, appearance
  adjective
  From prati + root kāś (to shine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Describes the monkeys.

पिष्टहिङ्गुलकाननाः (piṣṭahiṅgulakānanāḥ) - (monkeys) reddish-brown like powdered vermilion and vast in number like a forest (like forests of powdered vermilion, vermilion-colored and vast)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of piṣṭahiṅgulakānana

piṣṭahiṅgulakānana - like a forest of powdered vermilion

Compound type : bahuvrihi (piṣṭa+hiṅgula+kānana)

• piṣṭa – ground, powdered, crushed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root piṣ with suffix kta.
  Root: piṣ (class 7)
• hiṅgula – vermilion, cinnabar (red sulfide of mercury)
  noun (neuter)
• kānana – forest, grove, wood, multitude
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kān

Note: Describes the monkeys.