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6,28

वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्       vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-28, verse-16

गजानां च सहस्रं च रथानामयुतं पुरे ।
हयानामयुते द्वे च साग्रकोटी च रक्षसाम् ॥१६॥
16. gajānāṃ ca sahasraṃ ca rathānāmayutaṃ pure ,
hayānāmayute dve ca sāgrakoṭī ca rakṣasām.
16. gajānām ca sahasram ca rathānām ayutam pure
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
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
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand
  • (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
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • स-अग्र-कोटिः (sa-agra-koṭiḥ) - over a crore (a crore with a surplus, over a crore)
  • (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
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand
(numeral)
Note: Functions as the subject or object of implied verb 'were'.
(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'.
(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.
(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.