महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-10, verse-57

द्रविडाः केरलाः प्राच्या भूषिका वनवासिनः ।
उन्नत्यका माहिषका विकल्पा मूषकास्तथा ॥५७॥

57. draviḍāḥ keralāḥ prācyā bhūṣikā vanavāsinaḥ ,
unnatyakā māhiṣakā vikalpā mūṣakāstathā.

57. draviḍāḥ keralāḥ prācyā bhūṣikāḥ vanavāsinaḥ
| unnatyakāḥ māhiṣakāḥ vikalpāḥ mūṣakāḥ tathā

57. draviḍāḥ keralāḥ prācyā bhūṣikāḥ vanavāsinaḥ
unnatyakāḥ māhiṣakāḥ vikalpāḥ mūṣakāḥ tathā

57. The Draviḍās, Keralās, Prācyās, Bhūṣikās, and the forest dwellers (vanavāsin). The highlanders (unnatyaka), Māhiṣakās, Vikalpās, and also the Mūṣakās.

Words meanings summery:

• द्रविडाः (draviḍāḥ) - People of the Draviḍa region; Dravidians.

• केरलाः (keralāḥ) - People of Kerala; Keralites.

• प्राच्या (prācyā) - Easterners; people from the eastern regions.

• भूषिकाः (bhūṣikāḥ) - People of Bhūṣikā.

• वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - Forest dwellers; inhabitants of forests.

• उन्नत्यकाः (unnatyakāḥ) - Highlanders; people from elevated regions.

• माहिषकाः (māhiṣakāḥ) - People of Mahiṣaka.

• विकल्पाः (vikalpāḥ) - People of Vikalpa.

• मूषकाः (mūṣakāḥ) - People of Mūṣaka.

• तथा (tathā) - Thus; so; also; in like manner.

Words meanings and morphology

द्रविडाः (draviḍāḥ) - People of the Draviḍa region; Dravidians.

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of draviḍa

draviḍa - a southern Indian country or its inhabitants; a Dravidian.

केरलाः (keralāḥ) - People of Kerala; Keralites.

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kerala

kerala - a country in southern India (modern Kerala); its inhabitants.

प्राच्या (prācyā) - Easterners; people from the eastern regions.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prācya

prācya - eastern; an eastern country or its inhabitant.

Derived from 'prāc' (east) with the suffix 'ya'.

Note: Although the form 'prācyā' typically indicates feminine singular nominative or masculine singular vocative, in this list of masculine plural peoples, it is interpreted as a collective masculine plural nominative, or a variant spelling for 'prācyāḥ' due to context.

भूषिकाः (bhūṣikāḥ) - People of Bhūṣikā.

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhūṣika

bhūṣika - a people/country named Bhūṣikā.

वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - Forest dwellers; inhabitants of forests.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanavāsin

vanavāsin - dwelling in a forest, forest-dweller.

Compound of 'vana' (forest) and 'vāsin' (dweller).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vana+vāsin)

• vana – forest, wood, grove, thicket.
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabitant (from root 'vas' to dwell).
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from the root 'vas' (to dwell) with the suffix '-in'.
  Root: vas (class 1)

उन्नत्यकाः (unnatyakāḥ) - Highlanders; people from elevated regions.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of unnatyaka

unnatyaka - a highlander, inhabitant of high ground; pertaining to high ground.

Derived from 'unnata' (elevated) with the suffix '-ka'.

माहिषकाः (māhiṣakāḥ) - People of Mahiṣaka.

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māhiṣaka

māhiṣaka - a people or country named Mahiṣaka.

विकल्पाः (vikalpāḥ) - People of Vikalpa.

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikalpa

vikalpa - an alternative, option, doubt; a people/country named Vikalpa.

मूषकाः (mūṣakāḥ) - People of Mūṣaka.

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mūṣaka

mūṣaka - a rat, mouse; a people/country named Mūṣaka.

तथा (tathā) - Thus; so; also; in like manner.

(indeclinable)