वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-1, verse-16

दिष्ट्या प्रहस्तो विकटो विरूपाक्षो महोदरः ।
अकम्पनश्च दुर्धर्षो निहतास्ते निशाचराः ॥१६॥

16. diṣṭyā prahasto vikaṭo virūpākṣo mahodaraḥ ,
akampanaśca durdharṣo nihatāste niśācarāḥ.

16. diṣṭyā prahastaḥ vikaṭaḥ virūpākṣaḥ mahodaraḥ
akampanaḥ ca durdharṣaḥ nihatāḥ te niśācarāḥ

16. diṣṭyā prahastaḥ vikaṭaḥ virūpākṣaḥ mahodaraḥ
akampanaḥ ca durdharṣaḥ te niśācarāḥ nihatāḥ

16. Fortunately, Prahasta, Vikaṭa, Virūpākṣa, Mahodara, Akampana, and Durdharṣa – those night-stalking demons (rākṣasas) – have all been killed.

Words meanings summery:

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good luck

• प्रहस्तः (prahastaḥ) - Prahasta (name of a Rākṣasa general)

• विकटः (vikaṭaḥ) - Vikaṭa (name of a Rākṣasa)

• विरूपाक्षः (virūpākṣaḥ) - Virūpākṣa (name of a Rākṣasa general)

• महोदरः (mahodaraḥ) - Mahodara (name of a Rākṣasa general)

• अकम्पनः (akampanaḥ) - Akampana (name of a Rākṣasa general)

• च (ca) - and

• दुर्धर्षः (durdharṣaḥ) - Durdharṣa (name of a Rākṣasa general)

• निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed, slain

• ते (te) - those

• निशाचराः (niśācarāḥ) - night-wanderers, demons (rākṣasas)

Words meanings and morphology

दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good luck

(indeclinable)

Instrumental singular of diṣṭi (luck, fortune) used as an adverb.

प्रहस्तः (prahastaḥ) - Prahasta (name of a Rākṣasa general)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasta

prahasta - Prahasta (name of a prominent demon in the Rāmāyaṇa)

विकटः (vikaṭaḥ) - Vikaṭa (name of a Rākṣasa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikaṭa

vikaṭa - Vikaṭa (name of a Rākṣasa); huge, formidable, frightful

विरूपाक्षः (virūpākṣaḥ) - Virūpākṣa (name of a Rākṣasa general)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virūpākṣa

virūpākṣa - Virūpākṣa (name of a Rākṣasa general); one with deformed or strange eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (virūpa+akṣa)

• virūpa – deformed, ugly, ill-formed
  adjective
  Prefix: vi
• akṣa – eye
  noun (masculine)

महोदरः (mahodaraḥ) - Mahodara (name of a Rākṣasa general)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahodara

mahodara - Mahodara (name of a Rākṣasa general); big-bellied

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+udara)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)

अकम्पनः (akampanaḥ) - Akampana (name of a Rākṣasa general)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akampana

akampana - Akampana (name of a Rākṣasa general); unshaking, firm

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kampana)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• kampana – shaking, trembling
  noun (masculine)
  From root kamp (to tremble)
  Root: kamp (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दुर्धर्षः (durdharṣaḥ) - Durdharṣa (name of a Rākṣasa general)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durdharṣa

durdharṣa - Durdharṣa (name of a Rākṣasa general); unassailable, invincible, difficult to overcome

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (dur+dharṣa)

• dur – bad, difficult, evil
  prefix
• dharṣa – daring, assault, overcoming
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛṣ (to be bold, to dare)
  Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

निशाचराः (niśācarāḥ) - night-wanderers, demons (rākṣasas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, Rākṣasa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  noun (masculine)
  From root car (to move, wander)
  Root: car (class 1)

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