Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 191
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
देवासुराः पितृगणा ऋषयो मानुषास्तथा / सर्पा भूतपिशाचाश्च गन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसाः
Transliteration
devāsurāḥ pitṛgaṇā ṛṣayo mānuṣāstathā / sarpā bhūtapiśācāśca gandharvā yakṣarākṣasāḥ
Translation
Devas and Asuras, the hosts of the Pitṛs, Ṛṣis and humans as well; serpents, bhūtas and piśācas, gandharvas, yakṣas, and rākṣasas.
Word by Word
deva-asurāḥgods and demons
deva-asurāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास—देवाश्च असुराश्च
pitṛ-gaṇāḥgroups of Pitṛs (ancestors)
pitṛ-gaṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—पितॄणां गणाः
ṛṣayaḥsages
ṛṣayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
mānuṣāḥhumans
mānuṣāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)
sarpāḥserpents
sarpāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
bhūta-piśācāḥspirits and piśācas
bhūta-piśācāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta + piśāca (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास—भूताश्च पिशाचाश्च
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
gandharvāḥgandharvas
gandharvāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
yakṣa-rākṣasāḥyakṣas and rākṣasas
yakṣa-rākṣasāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyakṣa + rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास—यक्षाश्च राक्षसाश्च