वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-39, verse-26

किराताः कर्णचूडाश्च हेमाङ्गाः प्रियदर्शनाः ।
आममीनाशनास्तत्र किराता द्वीपवासिनः ॥२६॥

26. kirātāḥ karṇacūḍāśca hemāṅgāḥ priyadarśanāḥ ,
āmamīnāśanāstatra kirātā dvīpavāsinaḥ.

26. kirātāḥ karṇacūḍāḥ ca hemāṅgāḥ priyadarśanāḥ
āmamīnāśanāḥ tatra kirātāḥ dvīpavāsinaḥ

26. ca kirātāḥ karṇacūḍāḥ hemāṅgāḥ priyadarśanāḥ
tatra dvīpavāsinaḥ kirātāḥ āmamīnāśanāḥ

26. The Kiratas, with top-knots on their ears, golden-bodied and pleasant to behold; there were also Kiratas, the island-dwellers, who consumed raw fish.

Words meanings summery:

• किराताः (kirātāḥ) - Kiratas (a tribal people)

• कर्णचूडाः (karṇacūḍāḥ) - with top-knots on their ears, having ears adorned with crests/tufts

• च (ca) - and

• हेमाङ्गाः (hemāṅgāḥ) - golden-bodied

• प्रियदर्शनाः (priyadarśanāḥ) - pleasant to behold, beautiful, lovely in appearance

• आममीनाशनाः (āmamīnāśanāḥ) - raw-fish eaters

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• किराताः (kirātāḥ) - Kiratas (a tribal people)

• द्वीपवासिनः (dvīpavāsinaḥ) - island-dwellers

Words meanings and morphology

किराताः (kirātāḥ) - Kiratas (a tribal people)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kirāta

kirāta - a name of a wild or tribal people, typically mountaineers or forest-dwellers

कर्णचूडाः (karṇacūḍāḥ) - with top-knots on their ears, having ears adorned with crests/tufts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karṇacūḍa

karṇacūḍa - having a top-knot or crest on the ears

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (karṇa+cūḍā)

• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)
• cūḍā – crest, top-knot, tuft of hair
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हेमाङ्गाः (hemāṅgāḥ) - golden-bodied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hemāṅga

hemāṅga - having a golden body or limbs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hema+aṅga)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• aṅga – body, limb, part
  noun (neuter)

प्रियदर्शनाः (priyadarśanāḥ) - pleasant to behold, beautiful, lovely in appearance

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of priyadarśana

priyadarśana - pleasant to behold, lovely, handsome, beautiful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (priya+darśana)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective (masculine)
• darśana – sight, appearance, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root DṚŚ (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

आममीनाशनाः (āmamīnāśanāḥ) - raw-fish eaters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āmamīnāśana

āmamīnāśana - eating raw fish

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āma+mīna+aśana)

• āma – raw, uncooked, unripe
  adjective (masculine)
• mīna – fish
  noun (masculine)
• aśana – eating, food, that which is eaten
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root AŚ (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

किराताः (kirātāḥ) - Kiratas (a tribal people)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kirāta

kirāta - a name of a wild or tribal people, typically mountaineers or forest-dwellers

द्वीपवासिनः (dvīpavāsinaḥ) - island-dwellers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvīpavāsin

dvīpavāsin - island-dweller, inhabitant of an island

Derived from dvīpa (island) and vāsin (dweller)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvīpa+vāsin)

• dvīpa – island, continent
  noun (masculine)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabitant
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root VAS (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

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