Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 25
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
इत्येते बहुसाहस्रा भास्वरा अप्सरोगणाः / देवतानामृषीणां च पत्न्यश्च मातरश्च ह
Transliteration
ityete bahusāhasrā bhāsvarā apsarogaṇāḥ / devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca patnyaśca mātaraśca ha
Translation
Thus are these the radiant hosts of apsaras, numbering many thousands; and they are also spoken of as the wives and the mothers of the gods and the ṛṣis.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, quotative particle (thus)
etethese
ete:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Bahuvacana; demonstrative pronoun
bahu-sāhasrāḥmany-thousand (in number)
bahu-sāhasrāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbahu (प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Bahuvacana; adjective qualifying apsarogaṇāḥ
bhāsvarāḥradiant
bhāsvarāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhāsvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Bahuvacana; adjective
apsaraḥ-gaṇāḥhosts of Apsarases
apsaraḥ-gaṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootapsaras (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Bahuvacana
devatānāmof the deities
devatānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (f.), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen. 6th), Bahuvacana
ṛṣīṇāmof the sages
ṛṣīṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen. 6th), Bahuvacana
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
patnyaḥwives
patnyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpatnī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (f.), Prathamā, Bahuvacana
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
mātaraḥmothers
mātaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (f.), Prathamā, Bahuvacana
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
haindeed
ha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle (emphasis/indeed; narrative)