Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 55
Pṛthivyāyāma-vistara (Extent and Divisions of the Earth) / पृथिव्यायामविस्तरः
Devanagari script
मल्ला मगधगोनर्दाः प्राच्यां जनपदाः स्मृताः / अथापरे जनपदा दक्षिणापथवासिनः
Transliteration
mallā magadhagonardāḥ prācyāṃ janapadāḥ smṛtāḥ / athāpare janapadā dakṣiṇāpathavāsinaḥ
Translation
Malla, Magadha, and Gonarda are remembered as the janapadas of the East; other janapadas, however, dwell upon Dakṣiṇāpatha, the Southern Way.
Word by Word
mallāḥthe Mallas (people)
mallāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmalla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
magadha-gonardāḥthe Magadhas and the Gonardas
magadha-gonardāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmagadha + gonarda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative)
prācyāmin the eastern region
prācyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootprācī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
janapadāḥcountries/territories
janapadāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootjanapada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
smṛtāḥare remembered/are said (to be)
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (स्मृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (passive sense)
athanow/then
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable), अनुक्रम/सम्बन्ध-बोधक (sequencing particle: 'now/then')
apareother
apare:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier of janapadāḥ)
janapadāḥcountries/territories
janapadāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootjanapada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
dakṣiṇāpatha-vāsinaḥinhabitants of the southern region (Dakṣiṇāpatha)
dakṣiṇāpatha-vāsinaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣiṇāpatha + vāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of the southern route/Deccan')