Shloka 69
अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures
Devanagari script
नवकोट्यः प्रसंख्याता योजनैः परिमण्डलम् / तथा शतसहस्राणि चत्वारिंशच्च पञ्च च
Transliteration
navakoṭyaḥ prasaṃkhyātā yojanaiḥ parimaṇḍalam / tathā śatasahasrāṇi catvāriṃśacca pañca ca
Translation
Its circumference is reckoned as nine koṭis of yojanas; and further, a hundred thousand, forty, and five are added.
Word by Word
nava-koṭyaḥnine crores
nava-koṭyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnava (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; द्विगु: 'nine crores'
prasaṃkhyātāḥreckoned/numbered
prasaṃkhyātāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-saṃ-khyā (धातु) + ta (क्त, PPP)
FormKṛdanta (PPP/क्त), Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agreeing with koṭyaḥ: 'reckoned/numbered'
yojanaiḥby yojanas
yojanaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyojana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; measure/instrument of extent
parimaṇḍalamcircumference/round measure
parimaṇḍalam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootparimaṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; here as object/measure: 'circumference/round extent'
tathāalso
tathā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) 'also/likewise'
śata-sahasrāṇihundred-thousands
śata-sahasrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Plural; तत्पुरुष: 'hundred-thousands'
catvāriṃśatforty
catvāriṃśat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcatvāriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (numeral), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; 'forty' (used in enumeration)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
pañcafive
pañca:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpañca (प्रातिपदिक)
FormIndeclinable numeral used as Subanta; Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd) Plural sense; 'five'
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)