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8,17

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-2

प्राच्याश्च दाक्षिणात्याश्च प्रवीरा गजयोधिनः ।
अङ्गा वङ्गाश्च पुण्ड्राश्च मागधास्ताम्रलिप्तकाः ॥२॥
2. prācyāśca dākṣiṇātyāśca pravīrā gajayodhinaḥ ,
aṅgā vaṅgāśca puṇḍrāśca māgadhāstāmraliptakāḥ.
2. prācyāḥ ca dākṣiṇātyāḥ ca pravīrāḥ gajayodhinaḥ |
aṅgāḥ vaṅgāḥ ca puṇḍrāḥ ca māgadhāḥ tāmraliptakāḥ
2. prācyāḥ ca dākṣiṇātyāḥ ca pravīrāḥ gajayodhinaḥ
aṅgāḥ ca vaṅgāḥ ca puṇḍrāḥ māgadhāḥ tāmraliptakāḥ
2. And from the eastern and southern regions came heroic elephant-warriors: the people of Aṅga, Vaṅga, Puṇḍra, Magadha, and Tāmralipta.

Words meanings summery:

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  • प्राच्याः (prācyāḥ) - easterners, people from the east
  • (ca) - and
  • दाक्षिणात्याः (dākṣiṇātyāḥ) - southerners, people from the south
  • (ca) - and
  • प्रवीराः (pravīrāḥ) - heroic, excellent warriors
  • गजयोधिनः (gajayodhinaḥ) - elephant-warriors
  • अङ्गाः (aṅgāḥ) - the people of Aṅga (ancient kingdom in eastern India) (the people of Aṅga)
  • वङ्गाः (vaṅgāḥ) - the people of Vaṅga (ancient kingdom in eastern India, roughly Bengal) (the people of Vaṅga)
  • (ca) - and
  • पुण्ड्राः (puṇḍrāḥ) - the people of Puṇḍra (ancient kingdom in eastern India) (the people of Puṇḍra)
  • (ca) - and
  • मागधाः (māgadhāḥ) - the people of Magadha (ancient kingdom in eastern India) (the people of Magadha)
  • ताम्रलिप्तकाः (tāmraliptakāḥ) - the people of Tāmralipta (ancient port city/kingdom in eastern India) (the people of Tāmralipta)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राच्याः (prācyāḥ) - easterners, people from the east
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of prācya
prācya - eastern, belonging to the east
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
दाक्षिणात्याः (dākṣiṇātyāḥ) - southerners, people from the south
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of dākṣiṇātya
dākṣiṇātya - southern, belonging to the south
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
प्रवीराः (pravīrāḥ) - heroic, excellent warriors
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pravīra
pravīra - excellent hero, great warrior
Prefix: pra
Root: vīra
गजयोधिनः (gajayodhinaḥ) - elephant-warriors
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of gajayodhin
gajayodhin - fighting on elephants, elephant-warrior
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+yodhin)
  • gaja – elephant
    noun (masculine)
  • yodhin – fighter, warrior
    noun (masculine)
    From √yudh 'to fight'
    Root: yudh (class 4)
अङ्गाः (aṅgāḥ) - the people of Aṅga (ancient kingdom in eastern India) (the people of Aṅga)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of aṅga
aṅga - Aṅga (a country/people)
वङ्गाः (vaṅgāḥ) - the people of Vaṅga (ancient kingdom in eastern India, roughly Bengal) (the people of Vaṅga)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vaṅga
vaṅga - Vaṅga (a country/people)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
पुण्ड्राः (puṇḍrāḥ) - the people of Puṇḍra (ancient kingdom in eastern India) (the people of Puṇḍra)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of puṇḍra
puṇḍra - Puṇḍra (a country/people)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
मागधाः (māgadhāḥ) - the people of Magadha (ancient kingdom in eastern India) (the people of Magadha)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of māgadha
māgadha - Magadha (a country/people)
ताम्रलिप्तकाः (tāmraliptakāḥ) - the people of Tāmralipta (ancient port city/kingdom in eastern India) (the people of Tāmralipta)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tāmraliptaka
tāmraliptaka - Tāmralipta (a country/people)