Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 17
Pṛthivy-Āyāma-Vistara (Extent of the Earth) and Jambūdvīpa–Navavarṣa Description
Devanagari script
वृत्ताकृतिप्रमाणश्च चतुरस्रः समुच्छ्रितः / नानावर्णास्तु पार्श्वेषु प्रजापतिगुणान्वितः
Transliteration
vṛttākṛtipramāṇaśca caturasraḥ samucchritaḥ / nānāvarṇāstu pārśveṣu prajāpatiguṇānvitaḥ
Translation
Its measure is like a circle, yet it rises in a four-sided form; on its flanks are many hues, endowed with the qualities of Prajāpati.
Word by Word
वृत्ताकृतिप्रमाणःhaving the measure of a circular form
वृत्ताकृतिप्रमाणः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्त-आकृति-प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्त + आकृति + प्रमाण)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (मेरोः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
चतुरस्रःfour-sided/square
चतुरस्रः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुरस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
समुच्छ्रितःlofty/raised up
समुच्छ्रितः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उद्-श्रि (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
नानावर्णाःof various colors
नानावर्णाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootनाना-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; नाना + वर्ण)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (implied ‘पार्श्वाणि/पार्श्वाः’)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/विशेष (but/indeed)
पार्श्वेषुon the sides/flanks
पार्श्वेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; अधिकरण
प्रजापतिगुणान्वितःendowed with the qualities of Prajāpati
प्रजापतिगुणान्वितः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रजापति-गुण-अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; प्रजापति + गुण + अन्वित)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (मेरोः)