महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-6, chapter-42, verse-4
क्ष्वेडाः किलकिलाशब्दाः क्रकचा गोविषाणिकाः ।
भेरीमृदङ्गमुरजा हयकुञ्जरनिस्वनाः ॥४॥
भेरीमृदङ्गमुरजा हयकुञ्जरनिस्वनाः ॥४॥
4. kṣveḍāḥ kilakilāśabdāḥ krakacā goviṣāṇikāḥ ,
bherīmṛdaṅgamurajā hayakuñjaranisvanāḥ.
bherīmṛdaṅgamurajā hayakuñjaranisvanāḥ.
4.
kṣveḍāḥ kilakilāśabdāḥ krakacāḥ goviṣāṇikāḥ
bherīmṛdaṅgamurajā hayakuñjaraniḥsvanāḥ
bherīmṛdaṅgamurajā hayakuñjaraniḥsvanāḥ
4.
kṣveḍāḥ kilakilāśabdāḥ krakacāḥ goviṣāṇikāḥ
bherīmṛdaṅgamurajā hayakuñjaraniḥsvanāḥ
bherīmṛdaṅgamurajā hayakuñjaraniḥsvanāḥ
4.
There were battle shouts and joyous cries (kilakilāśabda), sounds like saws, calls from cow-horn trumpets, and the combined clamor of kettledrums, tabors, and drums, along with the trumpeting of elephants and neighing of horses.
Words meanings summery:
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- क्ष्वेडाः (kṣveḍāḥ) - roars, shouts
- किलकिलाशब्दाः (kilakilāśabdāḥ) - joyous shouts, battle cries
- क्रकचाः (krakacāḥ) - sounds like saws
- गोविषाणिकाः (goviṣāṇikāḥ) - cow-horn trumpets, sounds of cow-horns
- भेरीमृदङ्गमुरजा (bherīmṛdaṅgamurajā) - kettledrums, tabors, and drums (sounds of these)
- हयकुञ्जरनिःस्वनाः (hayakuñjaraniḥsvanāḥ) - sounds of horses and elephants
Words meanings and morphology
क्ष्वेडाः (kṣveḍāḥ) - roars, shouts
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of kṣveḍā
kṣveḍā - roar, shout, cry
किलकिलाशब्दाः (kilakilāśabdāḥ) - joyous shouts, battle cries
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kilakilāśabda
kilakilāśabda - a cry of joy or triumph; a battle cry (kilakila sound)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kilakilā+śabda)
- kilakilā – a joyous cry, battle cry
noun (feminine)
Onomatopoeic - śabda – sound, noise, word
noun (masculine)
क्रकचाः (krakacāḥ) - sounds like saws
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of krakaca
krakaca - a saw; a grating sound like a saw
गोविषाणिकाः (goviṣāṇikāḥ) - cow-horn trumpets, sounds of cow-horns
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of goviṣāṇikā
goviṣāṇikā - a small horn, cow-horn trumpet
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (go+viṣāṇikā)
- go – cow
noun (feminine) - viṣāṇikā – a small horn, a trumpet
noun (feminine)
भेरीमृदङ्गमुरजा (bherīmṛdaṅgamurajā) - kettledrums, tabors, and drums (sounds of these)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bherīmṛdaṅgamuraja
bherīmṛdaṅgamuraja - kettledrums, tabors, and drums (plural implies collective sound or instruments)
Compound type : dvandva (bherī+mṛdaṅga+muraja)
- bherī – a large kettledrum
noun (feminine) - mṛdaṅga – a kind of drum, tabor
noun (masculine) - muraja – a kind of drum
noun (masculine)
हयकुञ्जरनिःस्वनाः (hayakuñjaraniḥsvanāḥ) - sounds of horses and elephants
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of hayakuñjaraniḥsvana
hayakuñjaraniḥsvana - the sound of horses and elephants
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haya+kuñjara+niḥsvana)
- haya – horse
noun (masculine) - kuñjara – elephant
noun (masculine) - niḥsvana – sound, roar, cry
noun (masculine)
From nis-√svan (to sound forth)
Prefix: nis
Root: svan (class 1)