Shloka 19
अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures
Devanagari script
पर्यायपरिमाणेन मण्डलानुगतेन च / उपर्युपरि लोकानां छत्रवत्परिमण्डलम्
Transliteration
paryāyaparimāṇena maṇḍalānugatena ca / uparyupari lokānāṃ chatravatparimaṇḍalam
Translation
Nach aufeinanderfolgendem Maß und dem Kreis folgend, breiten sich über den Welten, eine über der anderen, kreisförmige Umfänge wie ein Schirm aus.
Word by Word
paryāya-parimāṇenaby successive measure
paryāya-parimāṇena:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootparyāya + parimāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘by successive/alternate measure’
maṇḍala-anugatenaby that which follows the circular course
maṇḍala-anugatena:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootmaṇḍala + anugata (कृदन्त; √gam गम् with anu-)
FormNeuter, instrumental singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘following the circle’; anugata = past participle (क्त) used adjectivally
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
upari-upariabove and above / successively higher
upari-upari:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; spatial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootupari (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण), reduplicated for distributive sense
lokānāmof the worlds
lokānām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), plural
chatra-vatlike an umbrella
chatra-vat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; comparison)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootchatra (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
FormTaddhita-based indeclinable (वत्), adverbial/comparative ‘like’
parimaṇḍalamcircular/encircling
parimaṇḍalam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootparimaṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, nominative/accusative singular; used as predicate/descriptor