वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-42, verse-12

चीनान्परमचीनांश्च नीहारांश्च पुनः पुनः ।
अन्विष्य दरदांश्चैव हिमवन्तं विचिन्वथ ॥१२॥

12. cīnānparamacīnāṃśca nīhārāṃśca punaḥ punaḥ ,
anviṣya daradāṃścaiva himavantaṃ vicinvatha.

12. cīnān paramacīnān ca nīhārān ca punaḥ punaḥ
anviṣya daradān ca eva himavantam vicinvatha

12. cīnān paramacīnān ca nīhārān ca daradān ca
eva punaḥ punaḥ anviṣya himavantam vicinvatha

12. Repeatedly searching for the Cīnas, Parama-Cīnas, and Nīhāras, and also the Daradas, you should then thoroughly investigate the Himalayas.

Words meanings summery:

• चीनान् (cīnān) - the Cīna people (Chinese) (Chinese)

• परमचीनान् (paramacīnān) - the Parama-Cīna people, referring to areas beyond China proper or a greater Chinese sphere (Greater Chinese)

• च (ca) - and

• नीहारान् (nīhārān) - the Nīhāra people, possibly associated with cold, misty regions due to the root meaning of 'fog' (Nīhāras (a people))

• च (ca) - and

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, repeatedly)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, further, repeatedly)

• अन्विष्य (anviṣya) - after searching for (having searched, having investigated)

• दरदान् (daradān) - the Darada people, an ancient tribe in the Himalayas (Dardistan) (Daradas (a people))

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - also, even (indeed, only, just, also)

• हिमवन्तम् (himavantam) - the Himālayan mountain range (the Himalayas, snowy mountain)

• विचिन्वथ (vicinvatha) - you should search thoroughly (you (plural) should search thoroughly, you should collect)

Words meanings and morphology

चीनान् (cīnān) - the Cīna people (Chinese) (Chinese)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of cīna

cīna - Chinese, China; name of an ancient people/country

परमचीनान् (paramacīnān) - the Parama-Cīna people, referring to areas beyond China proper or a greater Chinese sphere (Greater Chinese)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paramacīna

paramacīna - Greater China/Chinese; people beyond China proper

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+cīna)

• parama – supreme, highest, utmost, excellent
  adjective
• cīna – Chinese, China
  proper noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नीहारान् (nīhārān) - the Nīhāra people, possibly associated with cold, misty regions due to the root meaning of 'fog' (Nīhāras (a people))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nīhāra

nīhāra - name of an ancient people; fog, frost

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, repeatedly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in conjunction with the following 'punaḥ' to mean 'repeatedly'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, further, repeatedly)

(indeclinable)

अन्विष्य (anviṣya) - after searching for (having searched, having investigated)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from prefix anu- + root iṣ (to seek, wish) or root viṣ (to pervade) + lyap suffix (after prefix)

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

दरदान् (daradān) - the Darada people, an ancient tribe in the Himalayas (Dardistan) (Daradas (a people))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of darada

darada - name of an ancient people/region in the Himalayas (Dardistan)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - also, even (indeed, only, just, also)

(indeclinable)

हिमवन्तम् (himavantam) - the Himālayan mountain range (the Himalayas, snowy mountain)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of himavat

himavat - Himālayan (adj.); the Himālayas (noun)

Derived from hima (snow) + matup suffix

Note: Refers to the Himālayan mountain range.

विचिन्वथ (vicinvatha) - you should search thoroughly (you (plural) should search thoroughly, you should collect)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of vicinv

Present Active Imperative, 2nd person plural

Derived from prefix vi- + root ci (to gather, collect); Class 5 verb (śnu-vikaraṇa)

Prefix: vi

Root: ci (class 5)

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