वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-15, verse-11

एकहस्तैकपादाश्च खरकर्ण्यश्वकर्णिकाः ।
गोकर्णीर्हस्तिकर्णीश्च हरिकर्णीस्तथापराः ॥११॥

11. ekahastaikapādāśca kharakarṇyaśvakarṇikāḥ ,
gokarṇīrhastikarṇīśca harikarṇīstathāparāḥ.

11. ekahasta-ekapādāḥ ca kharakarṇyaśvakarṇikāḥ
gokarṇīhastikarṇīḥ ca harikarṇīḥ tathā aparāḥ

11. aparāḥ ekahasta-ekapādāḥ ca kharakarṇyaśvakarṇikāḥ
gokarṇīhastikarṇīḥ ca tathā harikarṇīḥ

11. Some had one hand and one foot; others had ears like donkeys and like horses; still others had ears like cows and like elephants; and others yet had ears like lions.

Words meanings summery:

• एकहस्त-एकपादाः (ekahasta-ekapādāḥ) - having one hand and one foot

• च (ca) - and

• खरकर्ण्यश्वकर्णिकाः (kharakarṇyaśvakarṇikāḥ) - having donkey ears and horse ears

• गोकर्णीहस्तिकर्णीः (gokarṇīhastikarṇīḥ) - having cow ears and elephant ears

• च (ca) - and

• हरिकर्णीः (harikarṇīḥ) - having lion ears

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, and, so

• अपराः (aparāḥ) - others

Words meanings and morphology

एकहस्त-एकपादाः (ekahasta-ekapādāḥ) - having one hand and one foot

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ekahasta-ekapāda

ekahasta-ekapāda - having one hand and one foot

Dvandva compound of 'ekahasta' (one-handed) and 'ekapāda' (one-footed). Each part is a Bahuvrihi.

Compound type : dvandva (ekahasta+ekapāda)

• ekahasta – one-handed, having one hand
  adjective (masculine)
  Bahuvrihi compound: 'eka' (one) + 'hasta' (hand).
• ekapāda – one-footed, having one foot
  adjective (masculine)
  Bahuvrihi compound: 'eka' (one) + 'pāda' (foot).

Note: Modifies implied beings.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

खरकर्ण्यश्वकर्णिकाः (kharakarṇyaśvakarṇikāḥ) - having donkey ears and horse ears

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kharakarṇyaśvakarṇika

kharakarṇyaśvakarṇika - having donkey ears and horse ears

Dvandva compound of 'kharakarṇin' (donkey-eared) and 'aśvakarṇika' (horse-eared).

Compound type : dvandva (kharakarṇin+aśvakarṇika)

• kharakarṇin – having donkey ears
  adjective (masculine)
  Bahuvrihi compound: 'khara' (donkey) + 'karṇa' (ear), with suffix -in.
• aśvakarṇika – having horse ears
  adjective (masculine)
  Bahuvrihi compound: 'aśva' (horse) + 'karṇa' (ear), with suffix -ika.

Note: Modifies implied beings.

गोकर्णीहस्तिकर्णीः (gokarṇīhastikarṇīḥ) - having cow ears and elephant ears

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gokarṇīhastikarṇin

gokarṇīhastikarṇin - having cow ears and elephant ears

Dvandva compound of 'gokarṇin' (cow-eared) and 'hastikarṇin' (elephant-eared).

Compound type : dvandva (gokarṇin+hastikarṇin)

• gokarṇin – having cow ears
  adjective (masculine)
  Bahuvrihi compound: 'go' (cow) + 'karṇa' (ear), with suffix -in.
• hastikarṇin – having elephant ears
  adjective (masculine)
  Bahuvrihi compound: 'hastin' (elephant) + 'karṇa' (ear), with suffix -in.

Note: Feminine nominative plural form, modifying implied female beings or species.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हरिकर्णीः (harikarṇīḥ) - having lion ears

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of harikarṇin

harikarṇin - having lion ears (or monkey ears)

Bahuvrihi compound: 'hari' (lion/monkey) + 'karṇa' (ear), with suffix -in.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hari+karṇa)

• hari – lion, monkey, Vishnu
  noun (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

Note: Feminine nominative plural form, modifying implied female beings or species.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, and, so

(indeclinable)

अपराः (aparāḥ) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, inferior, western