Shloka 24
Pṛthivy-Āyāma-Vistara (Extent of the Earth) and Jambūdvīpa–Navavarṣa Description
Devanagari script
मध्ये त्विलावृतं नाम महामेरोः समन्तमः / नवैवं तु सहस्राणि विस्तीर्णं सर्वतस्तु तत्
Transliteration
madhye tvilāvṛtaṃ nāma mahāmeroḥ samantamaḥ / navaivaṃ tu sahasrāṇi vistīrṇaṃ sarvatastu tat
Translation
In the midst lies the land called Ilāvṛta, encircling Mahāmeru on every side; it is said to spread in all directions to the measure of nine thousand.
Word by Word
madhyein the middle
madhye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविशेषण/विरोधार्थक अव्यय
ilā-vṛtamIlāvṛta (name of a region)
ilā-vṛtam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootilā (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vṛ/वृ ‘to cover’ + क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘Ilā-covered (region)’ (proper name)
nāmanamed/called
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Naming marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावप्राय ‘नाम’ (indeclinable used to indicate naming: ‘called’)
mahā-meroḥof Mahāmeru
mahā-meroḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + meru (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘great Meru’
samantamaḥmost surrounding; encircling
samantamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootsamantama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अतिशय/तमप्-प्रत्ययान्त (superlative) ‘most surrounding/encircling’
navanine
nava:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootnava (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (agreeing with sahasrāṇi)
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/in this manner)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविशेषण/विरोधार्थक अव्यय
sahasrāṇithousands
sahasrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
vistīrṇamexpanded; spread out
vistīrṇam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-√stṛ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)
sarvataḥon all sides
sarvataḥ:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Extent)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (from all sides/everywhere)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविशेषण/विरोधार्थक अव्यय
tatthat (region)
tat:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन