Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 5
Pṛthivy-Āyāma-Vistara (Extent of the Earth) and Jambūdvīpa–Navavarṣa Description
Devanagari script
संख्यां चैव समुद्राणां द्वीपानां चैव विस्तरम् / द्वीपभेदसहस्राणि सप्तस्वन्तर्गतानि च
Transliteration
saṃkhyāṃ caiva samudrāṇāṃ dvīpānāṃ caiva vistaram / dvīpabhedasahasrāṇi saptasvantargatāni ca
Translation
The number of the oceans and the expanse of the continents, and also the thousands of divisions of islands contained within those seven.
Word by Word
saṃkhyāmnumber, count
saṃkhyām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (sg.)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/particle)
evaindeed, just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle)
samudrāṇāmof oceans
samudrāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootsamudra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive/6th), Bahuvacana (pl.)
dvīpānāmof islands/continents
dvīpānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive/6th), Bahuvacana (pl.)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle)
vistaramextent, expanse, detail
vistaram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvistara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.)/Napुंसक (n.) usage; here Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (sg.)
dvīpa-bheda-sahasrāṇithousands of divisions of islands
dvīpa-bheda-sahasrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bheda (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (pl.); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: dvīpānāṃ bhedāḥ = dvīpa-bhedāḥ, teṣāṃ sahasrāṇi
sapta-suin the seven (among seven)
sapta-su:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (प्रातिपदिक, संख्या)
FormNumeral adjective; Locative (Saptamī/7th) Bahuvacana (pl.) in -su; used with implied noun (e.g., dvīpeṣu/antareṣu)
antargatānicontained within, included inside
antargatāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootantar-gata (कृदन्त; √gam गतौ + gata)
FormPast passive participle (kta); Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā vibhakti (Nom./1st), Bahuvacana (pl.); avyayībhāva: antar + gata = 'gone within/contained within'
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)