योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-84, verse-4

कर्कटप्राणिसादृश्यात्कर्कटो नाम राक्षसः ।
बभूव तज्जा सा कृष्णा कर्कटी कर्कटाकृतिः ॥ ४ ॥

karkaṭaprāṇisādṛśyātkarkaṭo nāma rākṣasaḥ ,
babhūva tajjā sā kṛṣṇā karkaṭī karkaṭākṛtiḥ 4

4. karkaṭa-prāṇi-sādṛśyāt karkaṭaḥ nāma rākṣasaḥ
babhūva tat-jā sā kṛṣṇā karkaṭī karkaṭa-ākṛtiḥ

4. karkaṭa-prāṇi-sādṛśyāt karkaṭaḥ nāma rākṣasaḥ
babhūva sā tat-jā kṛṣṇā karkaṭī karkaṭa-ākṛtiḥ

4. Due to her resemblance to a crab-like creature, a rākṣasa (demon) named Karkaṭa arose. She, Karkaṭī, who was dark-skinned and born from him, had the form of a crab.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्कट-प्राणि-सादृश्यात् (karkaṭa-prāṇi-sādṛśyāt) - due to resemblance to a crab-creature

• कर्कटः (karkaṭaḥ) - The demon Karkaṭa (Karkaṭa (a demon's name), a crab)

• नाम (nāma) - named, by name

• राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - a demon, rākṣasa

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, came into being

• तत्-जा (tat-jā) - born from Karkaṭa (born from him/it)

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - dark-skinned, black (feminine)

• कर्कटी (karkaṭī) - The demoness Karkaṭī (Karkaṭī (proper name))

• कर्कट-आकृतिः (karkaṭa-ākṛtiḥ) - crab-shaped, having the form of a crab

Words meanings and morphology

कर्कट-प्राणि-सादृश्यात् (karkaṭa-prāṇi-sādṛśyāt) - due to resemblance to a crab-creature

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of karkaṭa-prāṇi-sādṛśya

karkaṭa-prāṇi-sādṛśya - resemblance to a crab-creature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karkaṭa+prāṇin+sādṛśya)

• karkaṭa – crab
  noun (masculine)
• prāṇin – living being, creature, animal
  noun (masculine)
  Root: prāṇ (class 1)
• sādṛśya – resemblance, likeness, similarity
  noun (neuter)

कर्कटः (karkaṭaḥ) - The demon Karkaṭa (Karkaṭa (a demon's name), a crab)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karkaṭa

karkaṭa - crab; a specific demon's name

नाम (nāma) - named, by name

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially to mean 'by name' or 'called'

राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - a demon, rākṣasa

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, evil spirit, rākṣasa

बभूव (babhūva) - became, came into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect active third person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्-जा (tat-jā) - born from Karkaṭa (born from him/it)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tat-ja

tat-ja - born from that, born from him

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+ja)

• tad – that, he, it
  pronoun
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  secondary suffix to form adjective from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - dark-skinned, black (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - black, dark, dark-blue

कर्कटी (karkaṭī) - The demoness Karkaṭī (Karkaṭī (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of karkaṭī

karkaṭī - a female demon, a specific proper name

कर्कट-आकृतिः (karkaṭa-ākṛtiḥ) - crab-shaped, having the form of a crab

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of karkaṭa-ākṛti

karkaṭa-ākṛti - crab-like form, having the shape of a crab

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karkaṭa+ākṛti)

• karkaṭa – crab
  noun (masculine)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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