वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-5, verse-22

शुकनाभस्य वक्रस्य शठस्य विकटस्य च ।
ह्रस्वकर्णस्य दंष्ट्रस्य रोमशस्य च रक्षसः ॥२२॥

22. śukanābhasya vakrasya śaṭhasya vikaṭasya ca ,
hrasvakarṇasya daṃṣṭrasya romaśasya ca rakṣasaḥ.

22. śukanābhasya vakrasya śaṭhasya vikaṭasya ca
hrasvakarṇasya daṃṣṭrasya romaśasya ca rakṣasaḥ

22. śukanābhasya vakrasya śaṭhasya vikaṭasya ca
hrasvakarṇasya daṃṣṭrasya romaśasya ca rakṣasaḥ

22. He was also surveying the dwellings of Śukanābha, Vakra, Śaṭha, and Vikaṭa, and of the rākṣasas Hrasvakarṇa, Daṃṣṭra, and Romaśa.

Words meanings summery:

• शुकनाभस्य (śukanābhasya) - of the rākṣasa Śukanābha (of Śukanābha)

• वक्रस्य (vakrasya) - of the rākṣasa Vakra (of Vakra)

• शठस्य (śaṭhasya) - of the rākṣasa Śaṭha (of Śaṭha)

• विकटस्य (vikaṭasya) - of the rākṣasa Vikaṭa (of Vikaṭa)

• च (ca) - and

• ह्रस्वकर्णस्य (hrasvakarṇasya) - of the rākṣasa Hrasvakarṇa (of Hrasvakarṇa)

• दंष्ट्रस्य (daṁṣṭrasya) - of the rākṣasa Daṃṣṭra (of Daṃṣṭra)

• रोमशस्य (romaśasya) - of the rākṣasa Romaśa (of Romaśa)

• च (ca) - and

• रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - of these rākṣasas (of the rākṣasa, of the demon)

Words meanings and morphology

शुकनाभस्य (śukanābhasya) - of the rākṣasa Śukanābha (of Śukanābha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śukanābha

śukanābha - Shukanabha (a proper name, lit. 'parrot-nosed')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śuka+nābha)

• śuka – parrot
  noun (masculine)
• nābha – navel, center, boss
  noun (masculine)

वक्रस्य (vakrasya) - of the rākṣasa Vakra (of Vakra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vakra

vakra - Vakra (a proper name, lit. 'crooked, bent')

शठस्य (śaṭhasya) - of the rākṣasa Śaṭha (of Śaṭha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śaṭha

śaṭha - Shatha (a proper name, lit. 'cunning, deceitful')

विकटस्य (vikaṭasya) - of the rākṣasa Vikaṭa (of Vikaṭa)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vikaṭa

vikaṭa - Vikata (a proper name, lit. 'huge, terrible')

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ह्रस्वकर्णस्य (hrasvakarṇasya) - of the rākṣasa Hrasvakarṇa (of Hrasvakarṇa)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hrasvakarṇa

hrasvakarṇa - Hrasvakarṇa (a proper name, lit. 'short-eared')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hrasva+karṇa)

• hrasva – short, small, dwarf
  adjective (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

दंष्ट्रस्य (daṁṣṭrasya) - of the rākṣasa Daṃṣṭra (of Daṃṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of daṃṣṭra

daṁṣṭra - Damshtra (a proper name, lit. 'tusked')

रोमशस्य (romaśasya) - of the rākṣasa Romaśa (of Romaśa)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of romaśa

romaśa - Romasha (a proper name, lit. 'hairy')

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - of these rākṣasas (of the rākṣasa, of the demon)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - rākṣasa, demon, evil spirit

Note: Here `rakṣasaḥ` functions as genitive plural for 'of the rakshasas' even though morphologically it's singular. It refers to the list of names preceding it.

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