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9,45

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-45, verse-51

पटहाञ्झर्झरांश्चैव कृकचान्गोविषाणिकान् ।
आडम्बरान्गोमुखांश्च डिण्डिमांश्च महास्वनान् ॥५१॥
51. paṭahāñjharjharāṁścaiva kṛkacāngoviṣāṇikān ,
āḍambarāngomukhāṁśca ḍiṇḍimāṁśca mahāsvanān.
51. paṭahān jharjharān ca eva kṛkacān goviṣāṇikān
āḍambarān gomukhān ca ḍiṇḍimān ca mahāsvanān
51. (te) paṭahān jharjharān ca eva kṛkacān goviṣāṇikān
āḍambarān gomukhān ca ḍiṇḍimān ca mahāsvanān (vādayām āsuḥ)
51. They also played loud-sounding kettledrums, jharjharas, kṛkacas, cow-horns, āḍambaras, gomukhas, and ḍiṇḍimas.

Words meanings summery:

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  • पटहान् (paṭahān) - kettledrums, tabors
  • झर्झरान् (jharjharān) - cymbals, jharjharas (a type of drum)
  • (ca) - and
  • एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
  • कृकचान् (kṛkacān) - small drums, wooden clappers, saws
  • गोविषाणिकान् (goviṣāṇikān) - cow-horns (musical instruments)
  • आडम्बरान् (āḍambarān) - large drums, kettledrums
  • गोमुखान् (gomukhān) - cow-mouthed trumpets, Gomukhas (a type of wind instrument)
  • (ca) - and
  • डिण्डिमान् (ḍiṇḍimān) - small drums, dindimas (a specific drum)
  • (ca) - and
  • महास्वनान् (mahāsvanān) - loud-sounding, mighty-sounding, roaring

Words meanings and morphology

पटहान् (paṭahān) - kettledrums, tabors
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of paṭaha
paṭaha - kettledrum, war-drum, tabor, drum
झर्झरान् (jharjharān) - cymbals, jharjharas (a type of drum)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of jharjhara
jharjhara - cymbals, a kind of drum, a musical instrument
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - only, indeed, just
(indeclinable)
कृकचान् (kṛkacān) - small drums, wooden clappers, saws
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of kṛkaca
kṛkaca - small drum, wooden clapper, saw
गोविषाणिकान् (goviṣāṇikān) - cow-horns (musical instruments)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of goviṣāṇikā
goviṣāṇikā - cow-horn (specifically, as a musical instrument)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (go+viṣāṇikā)
  • go – cow, cattle, earth, ray of light
    noun (feminine)
  • viṣāṇikā – small horn, a horn-like musical instrument
    noun (feminine)
Note: Declined as masculine plural in this context, possibly referring to instruments themselves rather than the abstract 'horn'
आडम्बरान् (āḍambarān) - large drums, kettledrums
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of āḍambara
āḍambara - large drum, kettledrum, pomp, ostentation, commotion
गोमुखान् (gomukhān) - cow-mouthed trumpets, Gomukhas (a type of wind instrument)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of gomukha
gomukha - cow-mouthed trumpet (musical instrument), cow's mouth, a kind of measure
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (go+mukha)
  • go – cow, cattle
    noun (feminine)
  • mukha – mouth, face, opening, beginning
    noun (neuter)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
डिण्डिमान् (ḍiṇḍimān) - small drums, dindimas (a specific drum)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of ḍiṇḍima
ḍiṇḍima - small drum, tabor, battle-drum
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
महास्वनान् (mahāsvanān) - loud-sounding, mighty-sounding, roaring
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of mahāsvana
mahāsvana - loud-sounding, mighty-sounding, roaring
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+svana)
  • mahā – great, mighty, large
    adjective
  • svana – sound, noise, roar
    noun (masculine)