Shloka 15
अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures
Devanagari script
पञ्चाशत्तु सहस्राणि पृथिव्यर्द्धस्य मण्डलम् / गणितं योजनाग्रात्तु कोट्यस्त्वेकादश स्मृताः
Transliteration
pañcāśattu sahasrāṇi pṛthivyarddhasya maṇḍalam / gaṇitaṃ yojanāgrāttu koṭyastvekādaśa smṛtāḥ
Translation
Der Umfang der halben Erde wird mit fünfzigtausend Yojanas berechnet; nach der Yojana-Zählung gilt er als elf Koṭis.
Word by Word
pañcāśatfifty
pañcāśat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcāśat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral adjective (संख्याविशेषण), neuter, nominative/accusative (1st/2nd), plural; agrees with सहस्राणि
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle/conjunction (निपात), adversative/emphatic
sahasrāṇithousands
sahasrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, nominative (1st/प्रथमा), plural
pṛthivyāḥof the earth
pṛthivyāḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), singular
ardhasyaof the half
ardhasya:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootardha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), singular
maṇḍalamcircle/orb (extent)
maṇḍalam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootmaṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, nominative/accusative (1st/2nd), singular
gaṇitamcomputed/measured
gaṇitam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootgaṇita (कृदन्त; √gaṇ गण्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative/accusative singular; qualifies मण्डलम्
yojanāgrātfrom the yojana-measure (as unit)
yojanāgrāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/source; ‘from’)
TypeNoun
Rootyojanāgra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), singular; compound: yojanā + agra (measure + foremost/point)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic
koṭyaḥcrores (ten-millions)
koṭyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkoṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, nominative (1st/प्रथमा), plural
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic
ekādaśaeleven
ekādaśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral (संख्या), indeclinable-like numeral used adjectivally; dvigu: eka + daśa; qualifies कोṭyaḥ
smṛtāḥare said/remembered (as)
smṛtāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsmṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ स्मृ)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), feminine, nominative plural; agrees with कोṭyaḥ