महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-44, verse-94

हस्तिनासाः कूर्मनासा वृकनासास्तथापरे ।
दीर्घोष्ठा दीर्घजिह्वाश्च विकराला ह्यधोमुखाः ॥९४॥

94. hastināsāḥ kūrmanāsā vṛkanāsāstathāpare ,
dīrghoṣṭhā dīrghajihvāśca vikarālā hyadhomukhāḥ.

94. hastināsāḥ kūrmanāsāḥ vṛkanāsāḥ tathā apare
dīrghoṣṭhāḥ dīrghajihvāḥ ca vikarālāḥ hi adhomukhāḥ

94. hi apare hastināsāḥ kūrmanāsāḥ vṛkanāsāḥ tathā
dīrghoṣṭhāḥ dīrghajihvāḥ ca vikarālāḥ adhomukhāḥ

94. Others, indeed, had noses like elephants, noses like tortoises, or noses like wolves. They had long lips, long tongues, were hideous, and had faces turned downwards.

Words meanings summery:

• हस्तिनासाः (hastināsāḥ) - elephant-nosed ones

• कूर्मनासाः (kūrmanāsāḥ) - tortoise-nosed ones

• वृकनासाः (vṛkanāsāḥ) - wolf-nosed ones

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way, and

• अपरे (apare) - others

• दीर्घोष्ठाः (dīrghoṣṭhāḥ) - long-lipped ones

• दीर्घजिह्वाः (dīrghajihvāḥ) - long-tongued ones

• च (ca) - and

• विकरालाः (vikarālāḥ) - hideous, terrifying, distorted

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अधोमुखाः (adhomukhāḥ) - downward-faced, having face turned downwards

Words meanings and morphology

हस्तिनासाः (hastināsāḥ) - elephant-nosed ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hastināsa

hastināsa - elephant-nosed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hastin+nāsa)

• hastin – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• nāsa – nose
  noun (masculine)

Note: Original Devanagari: हस्तिनासाः

कूर्मनासाः (kūrmanāsāḥ) - tortoise-nosed ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kūrmanāsa

kūrmanāsa - tortoise-nosed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kūrma+nāsa)

• kūrma – tortoise, turtle
  noun (masculine)
• nāsa – nose
  noun (masculine)

Note: Reconstructed to plural nominative from original Devanagari: कूर्मनासा

वृकनासाः (vṛkanāsāḥ) - wolf-nosed ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛkanāsa

vṛkanāsa - wolf-nosed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+nāsa)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
• nāsa – nose
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of sandhi: vṛkanāsās-tathāpare

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way, and

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of sandhi: vṛkanāsās-tathāpare

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, different

Note: Part of sandhi: tathāpare

दीर्घोष्ठाः (dīrghoṣṭhāḥ) - long-lipped ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīrghoṣṭha

dīrghoṣṭha - long-lipped

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīrgha+oṣṭha)

• dīrgha – long
  adjective
• oṣṭha – lip
  noun (masculine)

Note: Reconstructed to plural nominative from original Devanagari: दीर्घोष्ठा

दीर्घजिह्वाः (dīrghajihvāḥ) - long-tongued ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīrghajihva

dīrghajihva - long-tongued

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīrgha+jihvā)

• dīrgha – long
  adjective
• jihvā – tongue
  noun (feminine)

Note: Part of sandhi: dīrghajihvāś ca

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of sandhi: dīrghajihvāś ca

विकरालाः (vikarālāḥ) - hideous, terrifying, distorted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikarāla

vikarāla - hideous, terrible, formidable

Note: Original Devanagari: विकरालाः

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of sandhi: hy adhomukhāḥ

अधोमुखाः (adhomukhāḥ) - downward-faced, having face turned downwards

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhomukha

adhomukha - downward-faced, having the face downwards

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (adhas+mukha)

• adhas – down, below
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Part of sandhi: hy adhomukhāḥ