महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-10, verse-45

मल्लाः सुदेष्णाः प्राहूतास्तथा माहिषकार्षिकाः ।
वाहीका वाटधानाश्च आभीराः कालतोयकाः ॥४५॥

45. mallāḥ sudeṣṇāḥ prāhūtāstathā māhiṣakārṣikāḥ ,
vāhīkā vāṭadhānāśca ābhīrāḥ kālatoyakāḥ.

45. mallāḥ sudeṣṇāḥ prāhūtāḥ tathā māhiṣakārṣikāḥ
vāhīkāḥ vāṭadhānāḥ ca ābhīrāḥ kālatoyakāḥ

45. mallāḥ sudeṣṇāḥ prāhūtāḥ tathā māhiṣakārṣikāḥ
vāhīkāḥ vāṭadhānāḥ ca ābhīrāḥ kālatoyakāḥ

45. The Mallas, the Sudeṣṇas, the Prāhūtas, and likewise the Māhiṣakas and Kārṣikas; the Vāhīkas, the Vāṭadhānas, and the Ābhīras, along with the Kālatoyakas.

Words meanings summery:

• मल्लाः (mallāḥ) - the Mallas (a tribal people/kingdom)

• सुदेष्णाः (sudeṣṇāḥ) - the Sudeṣṇas (a people)

• प्राहूताः (prāhūtāḥ) - the Prāhūtas (a people)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise

• माहिषकार्षिकाः (māhiṣakārṣikāḥ) - the Māhiṣakas and Kārṣikas (two distinct peoples)

• वाहीकाः (vāhīkāḥ) - the Vāhīkas (a people/country)

• वाटधानाः (vāṭadhānāḥ) - the Vāṭadhānas (a people)

• च (ca) - and

• आभीराः (ābhīrāḥ) - the Ābhīras (a nomadic tribe)

• कालतोयकाः (kālatoyakāḥ) - the Kālatoyakas (a people)

Words meanings and morphology

मल्लाः (mallāḥ) - the Mallas (a tribal people/kingdom)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of malla

malla - a wrestler; a tribal people or country in ancient India

सुदेष्णाः (sudeṣṇāḥ) - the Sudeṣṇas (a people)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sudeṣṇa

sudeṣṇa - name of a king or a people

प्राहूताः (prāhūtāḥ) - the Prāhūtas (a people)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāhūta

prāhūta - a tribal people; past participle of prā-hve (well-invoked/called)

Past Passive Participle

From pra + hve (to call), used as a noun for a tribe.

Prefix: pra

Root: hve (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise

(indeclinable)

माहिषकार्षिकाः (māhiṣakārṣikāḥ) - the Māhiṣakas and Kārṣikas (two distinct peoples)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māhiṣakārṣika

māhiṣakārṣika - the Māhiṣakas and Kārṣikas (names of two peoples)

Compound type : dvandva (māhiṣaka+kārṣika)

• māhiṣaka – belonging to a buffalo; an inhabitant of Mahiṣa (a country)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kārṣika – a farmer, cultivator; an inhabitant of Kārṣika (a country)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Derived from kṛṣ (to plough) or kārṣa (a measure of weight).
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

वाहीकाः (vāhīkāḥ) - the Vāhīkas (a people/country)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāhīka

vāhīka - a country or its inhabitants (usually Punjab region)

वाटधानाः (vāṭadhānāḥ) - the Vāṭadhānas (a people)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāṭadhāna

vāṭadhāna - a tribal people mentioned in ancient texts

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आभीराः (ābhīrāḥ) - the Ābhīras (a nomadic tribe)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ābhīra

ābhīra - a cowherd; a nomadic tribe or country in ancient India

कालतोयकाः (kālatoyakāḥ) - the Kālatoyakas (a people)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kālatoayaka

kālatoayaka - a tribal people (literally 'dark water people')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+toyaka)

• kāla – black, dark; time
  adjective (masculine)
• toyaka – water
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from toya (water).