वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-87, verse-44

अग्निदीप्तमुखान्बाणांस्तथा सूर्यमुखानपि ।
चन्द्रार्धचन्द्रवक्त्रांश्च धूमकेतुमुखानपि ॥४४॥

44. agnidīptamukhānbāṇāṃstathā sūryamukhānapi ,
candrārdhacandravaktrāṃśca dhūmaketumukhānapi.

44. agnidīptamukhān bāṇān tathā sūryamukhān api
candrārdhacandravaktrān ca dhūmaketumukhān api

44. (saḥ) agnidīptamukhān bāṇān tathā sūryamukhān api
candrārdhacandravaktrān ca dhūmaketumukhān api (sasarja)

44. [He created] arrows with fiery, blazing points, others with sun-like points, some with full moon and crescent moon-like points, and still others with comet-like points.

Words meanings summery:

• अग्निदीप्तमुखान् (agnidīptamukhān) - (arrows) with points blazing like fire

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus

• सूर्यमुखान् (sūryamukhān) - (arrows) with points like the sun

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• चन्द्रार्धचन्द्रवक्त्रान् (candrārdhacandravaktrān) - (arrows) with points like the moon and crescent moon

• च (ca) - and

• धूमकेतुमुखान् (dhūmaketumukhān) - (arrows) with points like comets

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

Words meanings and morphology

अग्निदीप्तमुखान् (agnidīptamukhān) - (arrows) with points blazing like fire

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of agnidīptamukha

agnidīptamukha - having a mouth/face/front blazing with fire

Compound type : bahuvrihi (agni+dīpta+mukha)

• agni – fire, Agni (god of fire)
  noun (masculine)
• dīpta – blazing, shining, inflamed, radiant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dīp (to shine, blaze).
  Root: dīp
• mukha – face, mouth, front, tip, opening
  noun (neuter)

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus

(indeclinable)

सूर्यमुखान् (sūryamukhān) - (arrows) with points like the sun

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sūryamukha

sūryamukha - having a face/front like the sun

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sūrya+mukha)

• sūrya – sun, sun god
  noun (masculine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front, tip, opening
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

चन्द्रार्धचन्द्रवक्त्रान् (candrārdhacandravaktrān) - (arrows) with points like the moon and crescent moon

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of candrārdhacandravaktra

candrārdhacandravaktra - having faces/fronts like the moon and half-moon

Compound type : bahuvrihi (candra+ardhacandra+vaktra)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• ardhacandra – half-moon, crescent moon
  noun (masculine)
• vaktra – face, mouth, snout, front
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धूमकेतुमुखान् (dhūmaketumukhān) - (arrows) with points like comets

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dhūmaketumukha

dhūmaketumukha - having faces/fronts like comets

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dhūmaketu+mukha)

• dhūmaketu – comet, meteor
  noun (masculine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front, tip, opening
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

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