वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-13, verse-10

तटाकवैरिणश्चापि शुक्लदन्तविभूषितान् ।
घोरानेकचरान् वन्यान्द्विरदान् कूलघातिनः ॥१०॥

10. taṭākavairiṇaścāpi śukladantavibhūṣitān ,
ghorānekacarān vanyāndviradān kūlaghātinaḥ.

10. taṭākavairiṇaḥ ca api śukladantavibhūṣitān
ghorān ekacarān vanyān dviradān kūlaghātinaḥ

10. ca api taṭākavairiṇaḥ śukladantavibhūṣitān
ghorān ekacarān vanyān kūlaghātinaḥ dviradān

10. And also the fierce, solitary, wild, forest-dwelling elephants, who are enemies of lakes, adorned with white tusks, and destroyers of river banks.

Words meanings summery:

• तटाकवैरिणः (taṭākavairiṇaḥ) - enemies of lakes/ponds

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• शुक्लदन्तविभूषितान् (śukladantavibhūṣitān) - adorned with white tusks

• घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible, fierce, dreadful

• एकचरान् (ekacarān) - solitary wanderers, moving alone

• वन्यान् (vanyān) - wild, forest-dwelling, belonging to the forest

• द्विरदान् (dviradān) - elephants

• कूलघातिनः (kūlaghātinaḥ) - destroyers of banks

Words meanings and morphology

तटाकवैरिणः (taṭākavairiṇaḥ) - enemies of lakes/ponds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of taṭākavairin

taṭākavairin - enemy of lakes/ponds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taṭāka+vairin)

• taṭāka – pond, lake, tank
  noun (neuter)
• vairin – enemy, hostile
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

शुक्लदन्तविभूषितान् (śukladantavibhūṣitān) - adorned with white tusks

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śukladantavibhūṣita

śukladantavibhūṣita - adorned with white tusks

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root bhūṣ with prefix vi, meaning 'adorned', and combined with śukladanta (white tusk) as an instrumental tatpuruṣa.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śukla+danta+vibhūṣita)

• śukla – white, bright
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• danta – tooth, tusk
  noun (masculine)
• vibhūṣita – adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √bhūṣ with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhūṣ

घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible, fierce, dreadful

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, fierce, dreadful

एकचरान् (ekacarān) - solitary wanderers, moving alone

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ekacara

ekacara - solitary, moving alone

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+cara)

• eka – one, single, solitary
  numeral (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• cara – moving, wandering, dweller
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Derived from root √car (to move).
  Root: car (class 1)

वन्यान् (vanyān) - wild, forest-dwelling, belonging to the forest

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vanya

vanya - wild, forest-dwelling, belonging to the forest

द्विरदान् (dviradān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dvirada

dvirada - elephant (literally 'having two tusks')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+rada)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• rada – tooth, tusk
  noun (masculine)

कूलघातिनः (kūlaghātinaḥ) - destroyers of banks

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kūlaghātin

kūlaghātin - destroyer of banks

Agent noun derived from √han (to strike, kill) via ghāta (act of striking/destroying), compounded with kūla (bank).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kūla+ghātin)

• kūla – bank (of a river), shore, embankment
  noun (neuter)
• ghātin – killing, destroying, killer, destroyer
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Agent noun from √han (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)

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