Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 16
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
अनादिनिधनस्याथ जज्ञे नारायणस्य या / कुलोचितानवद्याङ्गी उर्वश्चेकादशी स्मृता
Transliteration
anādinidhanasyātha jajñe nārāyaṇasya yā / kulocitānavadyāṅgī urvaścekādaśī smṛtā
Translation
Then she who was born of Nārāyaṇa, the Beginningless and Endless—befitting her noble line, flawless in every limb—was Urvaśī, remembered as the eleventh.
Word by Word
anādinidhanasyaof the beginningless and endless
anādinidhanasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootan-ādi-nidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘without beginning and end’; qualifying nārāyaṇasya
athathen
atha:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormDiscourse particle/adverb (अव्यय) ‘then/now’
jajñewas born
jajñe:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (जन्) (धातु)
FormLiṭ lakāra (लिट्, perfect), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada; ‘was born’
nārāyaṇasyaof Nārāyaṇa
nārāyaṇasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; genitive ‘of Nārāyaṇa’
yāwho (she)
yā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun ‘who/which (she)’
kulocitābefitting (her) lineage
kulocitā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkula-ucita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘befitting the family/lineage’
anavadyāṅgīof flawless limbs
anavadyāṅgī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootan-avadya-aṅgī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi ‘she whose limbs are faultless’
urvaśīUrvaśī
urvaśī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rooturvaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper name
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
ekādaśīthe eleventh
ekādaśī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या-विशेषण)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ordinal ‘eleventh’ (dvigu-based numeral formation) qualifying urvaśī
smṛtāis remembered/known as
smṛtā:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ + kta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; used predicatively ‘is remembered/called’