वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्
vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam
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book-6, chapter-28, verse-16
गजानां च सहस्रं च रथानामयुतं पुरे ।
हयानामयुते द्वे च साग्रकोटी च रक्षसाम् ॥१६॥
हयानामयुते द्वे च साग्रकोटी च रक्षसाम् ॥१६॥
16. gajānāṃ ca sahasraṃ ca rathānāmayutaṃ pure ,
hayānāmayute dve ca sāgrakoṭī ca rakṣasām.
hayānāmayute dve ca sāgrakoṭī ca rakṣasām.
16.
gajānām ca sahasram ca rathānām ayutam pure
hayānām ayute dve ca sa-agra-koṭiḥ ca rakṣasām
hayānām ayute dve ca sa-agra-koṭiḥ ca rakṣasām
16.
pure ca gajānām sahasram ca rathānām ayutam ca
hayānām dve ayute ca rakṣasām sa-agra-koṭiḥ
hayānām dve ayute ca rakṣasām sa-agra-koṭiḥ
16.
And in the city, there were a thousand elephants, ten thousand chariots, twenty thousand horses, and over a crore of demons (rākṣasa).
Words meanings summery:
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- गजानाम् (gajānām) - of elephants
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots
- अयुतम् (ayutam) - ten thousand
- पुरे (pure) - in the city (in the city, in the town)
- हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses
- अयुते (ayute) - twenty thousand (two ten thousands, twenty thousand)
- द्वे (dve) - two
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- स-अग्र-कोटिः (sa-agra-koṭiḥ) - over a crore (a crore with a surplus, over a crore)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of demons (rākṣasa) (of demons, of rākṣasa)
Words meanings and morphology
गजानाम् (gajānām) - of elephants
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of gaja
gaja - elephant
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand
(numeral)
Note: Functions as the subject or object of implied verb 'were'.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of ratha
ratha - chariot, car
अयुतम् (ayutam) - ten thousand
(numeral)
Note: Functions as the subject or object of implied verb 'were'.
पुरे (pure) - in the city (in the city, in the town)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of pura
pura - city, town, fortress
Note: Refers to the city of Lanka.
हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of haya
haya - horse
अयुते (ayute) - twenty thousand (two ten thousands, twenty thousand)
(numeral)
Note: Functions as the subject or object of implied verb 'were'.
द्वे (dve) - two
(numeral)
Note: Modifies 'ayute'.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
स-अग्र-कोटिः (sa-agra-koṭiḥ) - over a crore (a crore with a surplus, over a crore)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sa-agra-koṭi
sa-agra-koṭi - a crore with a surplus, more than a crore
Bahuvrihi compound: 'sa' (with) + 'agra' (tip, top, surplus) + 'koṭi' (crore, 10 million). Literally 'with a surplus on a crore'.
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+agra+koṭi)
- sa – with, together with
indeclinable
prefix - agra – front, top, tip, chief, surplus
noun (neuter) - koṭi – crore (ten million), end, point, highest number
noun (feminine)
Note: Refers to the number of rākṣasas.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of demons (rākṣasa) (of demons, of rākṣasa)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of rakṣas
rakṣas - demon, rākṣasa
An older form or variant of rākṣasa.
Note: Refers to the 'sa-agra-koṭiḥ' of them.