Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 25
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
चत्वार्याहुः सहस्राणि वर्षाणां च कृत युगम् / तस्य तावच्छती संध्या संध्यांशः संध्याया समः
Transliteration
catvāryāhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ ca kṛta yugam / tasya tāvacchatī saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaḥ saṃdhyāyā samaḥ
Translation
Krita Yuga is said to be four thousand years; its twilight (saṃdhyā) is a hundred years, and its twilight-portion (saṃdhyāṃśa) is equal to that twilight.
Word by Word
catvārifour
catvāri:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatvāri (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण
āhuḥthey say
āhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootah (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन
sahasrāṇithousands
sahasrāṇi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन
varṣāṇāmof years
varṣāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
kṛta-yugamthe Kṛta-yuga
kṛta-yugam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः
tasyaof that (yuga)
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
tāvatso many/that much
tāvat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quantifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपरिमाणबोधक अव्यय (so much/as many)
śatīa hundred (years)
śatī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśatī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (a hundred)
saṃdhyātwilight/junction-period
saṃdhyā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
saṃdhyā-aṃśaḥthe twilight-portion
saṃdhyā-aṃśaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संध्यायाः अंशः)
saṃdhyāyāḥof the twilight
saṃdhyāyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
samaḥequal
samaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Predicate complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)