Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 42
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
अजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यः पूषाश्वियमदेवताः / आग्नेयश्चापि विज्ञेयः प्राजापत्यस्तथैव च
Transliteration
ajaikapādahirbudhnyaḥ pūṣāśviyamadevatāḥ / āgneyaścāpi vijñeyaḥ prājāpatyastathaiva ca
Translation
Ajaikapād and Ahirbudhnya, Pūṣā, the Aśvins, and Yama are the deities; likewise, the Āgneya and the Prājāpatya are also to be understood.
Word by Word
ajaikapātAjaikapād (a deity)
ajaikapāt:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaja (प्रातिपदिक) + ekapād (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); proper name; karmadhāraya: अजः एकपादः
ahirbudhnyaḥAhirbudhnya (a deity)
ahirbudhnyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootahi (प्रातिपदिक) + budhnya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); proper name; karmadhāraya: अहिः (सर्पः) + बुध्न्यः
pūṣāPūṣā (Pūṣan)
pūṣā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpūṣan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); irregular stem pūṣan
aśvinīAśvinī
aśvinī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaśvinī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); name of deity/nakṣatra-deity
yama-devatāḥdeities of Yama
yama-devatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyama (प्रातिपदिक) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: यमस्य देवताः
āgneyaḥĀgneya (Agni-related deity)
āgneyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootāgneya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); ‘belonging to Agni’ (name/epithet)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) meaning ‘also/even’
vijñeyaḥis to be known
vijñeyaḥ:
Karya (कार्य/vidheya)
TypeAdjective
Root√jñā (ज्ञा धातु) + vi + ya (यत्/णीय)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); gerundive (णीय/यत्): ‘to be known/recognized’
prājāpatyaḥPrājāpatya
prājāpatyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprājāpatya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); ‘belonging to Prajāpati’ (name/epithet)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय): ‘thus/likewise’
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण निपात)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)