Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 186
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
भूतान्यालोक आकाशे परिच्छिन्नानि सर्वशः / पात्रे महति पात्राणि यथैवान्तर्गतानि तु
Transliteration
bhūtānyāloka ākāśe paricchinnāni sarvaśaḥ / pātre mahati pātrāṇi yathaivāntargatāni tu
Translation
ভূতসমূহ ‘ব্যালোক-আকাশে’ সর্বদিক থেকে সীমাবদ্ধ; যেমন বৃহৎ পাত্রের মধ্যে ছোট পাত্রগুলি অন্তর্গত থাকে।
Word by Word
bhūtānielements/beings
bhūtāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
ālokein the āloka (luminous principle)
āloke:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootāloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
ākāśein space/ether
ākāśe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
paricchinnānidelimited; enclosed
paricchinnāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpari√chid (धातु) + na (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used adjectivally, Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarvaśaḥin every way
sarvaśaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvaśas (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'entirely/in every way'
pātrein a vessel
pātre:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
mahatigreat/large
mahati:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
pātrāṇivessels
pātrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
yathājust as
yathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormComparative particle/adverb (उपमान-निपात)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)
antargatānientered within; contained inside
antargatāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootantar + √gam (धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used adjectivally, Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle/conjunction (निपात)