वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-34, verse-15

शतकोटिसहस्राणि लङ्कायां किल रक्षसाम् ।
अयुतानि च षट्त्रिंशत् सहस्राणि शतानि च ॥१५॥

15. śatakoṭisahasrāṇi laṅkāyāṃ kila rakṣasām ,
ayutāni ca ṣaṭtriṃśat sahasrāṇi śatāni ca.

15. śatakoṭisahasrāṇi laṅkāyām kila rakṣasām
ayutāni ca ṣaṭtriṃśat sahasrāṇi śatāni ca

15. laṅkāyām kila rakṣasām śatakoṭisahasrāṇi
ayutāni ca ṣaṭtriṃśat sahasrāṇi ca śatāni ca

15. Indeed, in Lankā, there are a trillion Rākṣasas, along with tens of thousands, and thirty-six hundred thousands (3,600,000) of them.

Words meanings summery:

• शतकोटिसहस्राणि (śatakoṭisahasrāṇi) - a trillion (literally, hundreds of thousands of crores)

• लङ्कायाम् (laṅkāyām) - in Lankā

• किल (kila) - indeed, it is said, reputedly

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas, of the demons

• अयुतानि (ayutāni) - tens of thousands (10,000s)

• च (ca) - and, also

• षट्त्रिंशत् (ṣaṭtriṁśat) - thirty-six

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

शतकोटिसहस्राणि (śatakoṭisahasrāṇi) - a trillion (literally, hundreds of thousands of crores)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śatakoṭisahasra

śatakoṭisahasra - one trillion (10^12), a hundred crores of thousands

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śata+koṭi+sahasra)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• koṭi – crore (ten million), extreme limit
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

लङ्कायाम् (laṅkāyām) - in Lankā

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lankā (the island city, capital of Rāvaṇa's kingdom)

किल (kila) - indeed, it is said, reputedly

(indeclinable)

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas, of the demons

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - Rākṣasa, a demon or evil being

अयुतानि (ayutāni) - tens of thousands (10,000s)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ayuta

ayuta - ten thousand, an immense number

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

षट्त्रिंशत् (ṣaṭtriṁśat) - thirty-six

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ṣaṭtriṃśat

ṣaṭtriṁśat - thirty-six

Note: Used here adverbially or as part of a numerical expression.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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