Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 44
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
एते रात्रेर्मुहूर्त्ताः स्युः क्रमोक्ता दश पञ्च च / इन्दोर्गत्युदया ज्ञेया नाडिका आदितस्तथा
Transliteration
ete rātrermuhūrttāḥ syuḥ kramoktā daśa pañca ca / indorgatyudayā jñeyā nāḍikā āditastathā
Translation
These are the muhūrtas of the night, set forth in order—fifteen in all. They are to be known from the Moon’s course and rising, and the nāḍikā is likewise to be determined at the outset.
Word by Word
etethese
ete:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative used adjectivally
rātreḥof the night
rātreḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootrātri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
muhūrtāḥmuhūrtas (time-periods)
muhūrtāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmuhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
syuḥwould be/are (to be taken as)
syuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस् धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
krama-uktāḥstated sequentially
krama-uktāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrama (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त; √vac/वच् धातु, क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); past passive participle (क्त): ‘stated in order’
daśaten
daśa:
Saṅkhyā (संख्या)
TypeNoun
Rootdaśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
FormNumeral used as indeclinable-like; here count-word; (commonly treated as avyaya in usage)
pañcafive
pañca:
Saṅkhyā (संख्या)
TypeNoun
Rootpañca (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
FormNumeral used as indeclinable-like; here count-word
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
indoḥof the Moon
indoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootindu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
gati-udayāḥmovements and risings
gati-udayāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgati (प्रातिपदिक) + udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: गति च उदयः च (plural)
jñeyāḥto be known
jñeyāḥ:
Karya (कार्य/vidheya)
TypeAdjective
Root√jñā (ज्ञा धातु) + ya (यत्/णीय)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); gerundive (णीय/यत्): ‘to be known’
nāḍikāḥnāḍikās (time-units)
nāḍikāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnāḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
āditaḥfrom the beginning; first
āditaḥ:
Deśa/Kāla (देश/काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस् प्रत्यय)
FormAdverb (अव्यय) with -tas (तस्): ‘from the beginning/firstly’
tathālikewise
tathā:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय): ‘likewise’