वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-30, verse-18

शैलशृङ्गाणि शतशः प्रवृद्धांश्च महीरुहान् ।
जगृहुः कुञ्जरप्रख्या वानराः पर्वतान्तरे ॥१८॥

18. śailaśṛṅgāṇi śataśaḥ pravṛddhāṃśca mahīruhān ,
jagṛhuḥ kuñjaraprakhyā vānarāḥ parvatāntare.

18. śailaśṛṅgāṇi śataśaḥ pravṛddhān ca mahīruhān
jagṛhuḥ kuñjaraprakhyāḥ vānarāḥ parvatāntare

18. kuñjaraprakhyāḥ vānarāḥ parvatāntare śataśaḥ
śailaśṛṅgāṇi ca pravṛddhān mahīruhān jagṛhuḥ

18. The monkeys, resembling elephants, seized hundreds of mountain peaks and massive trees in the mountain region.

Words meanings summery:

• शैलशृङ्गाणि (śailaśṛṅgāṇi) - mountain peaks, rocky pinnacles

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

• प्रवृद्धान् (pravṛddhān) - enormous, grown, increased

• च (ca) - and

• महीरुहान् (mahīruhān) - trees (lit. 'earth-growing')

• जगृहुः (jagṛhuḥ) - they seized, they took

• कुञ्जरप्रख्याः (kuñjaraprakhyāḥ) - resembling elephants, elephant-like

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

• पर्वतान्तरे (parvatāntare) - in the mountain valley/region

Words meanings and morphology

शैलशृङ्गाणि (śailaśṛṅgāṇi) - mountain peaks, rocky pinnacles

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śailaśṛṅga

śailaśṛṅga - mountain peak

Compound type : tatpurusha (śaila+śṛṅga)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• śṛṅga – peak, horn
  noun (neuter)

Note: direct object

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

(indeclinable)

suffix -śas indicating distribution or measure

प्रवृद्धान् (pravṛddhān) - enormous, grown, increased

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pravṛddha

pravṛddha - enormous, grown, increased

Past Passive Participle

from pra + √vṛdh (to grow)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: qualifies 'mahīruhān'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महीरुहान् (mahīruhān) - trees (lit. 'earth-growing')

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahīruha

mahīruha - tree (lit. 'earth-growing')

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+ruha)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• ruha – growing, springing up
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Participial Adj.
  from √ruh (to grow, ascend)
  Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: direct object

जगृहुः (jagṛhuḥ) - they seized, they took

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of grah

Perfect Active

reduplicated perfect form

Root: grah (class 9)

कुञ्जरप्रख्याः (kuñjaraprakhyāḥ) - resembling elephants, elephant-like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuñjaraprakhya

kuñjaraprakhya - resembling an elephant, elephant-like

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuñjara+prakhya)

• kuñjara – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• prakhya – resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)
  from pra + √khyā (to be known, to appear)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: qualifies 'vānarāḥ'

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

Note: subject of the sentence

पर्वतान्तरे (parvatāntare) - in the mountain valley/region

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of parvatāntara

parvatāntara - mountain region, mountain valley

Compound type : tatpurusha (parvata+antara)

• parvata – mountain
  noun (masculine)
• antara – interior, middle, valley
  noun (neuter)

Note: specifies location

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