Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 107
Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
Devanagari script
परमार्द्धार्द्धमायामं प्रागुदक्प्लवनं पुरम् / छिन्नकर्णविकर्णं च व्यजनाकृतिसंस्थितम्
Transliteration
paramārddhārddhamāyāmaṃ prāgudakplavanaṃ puram / chinnakarṇavikarṇaṃ ca vyajanākṛtisaṃsthitam
Translation
Let the city’s length be according to the measure called paramārddhārddha, and let its ground slope toward the east and the north. Let some corners be cut away and others broadened, so that it stands arranged in the form of a fan.
Word by Word
parama-arddha-arddha-āyāmam(having) a length of ‘parama-arddha-arddha’
parama-arddha-arddha-āyāmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootparama (प्रातिपदिक) + arddha (प्रातिपदिक) + arddha (प्रातिपदिक) + āyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (length of supreme half-and-half measure; i.e., 1.5?)
prāk-udak-plavanamsloping toward the east and north
prāk-udak-plavanam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāk (अव्यय) + udak (प्रातिपदिक) + plavana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (prāg-udak = east-north/eastward-northward; plavana = sloping)
purama city/fort
puram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
chinna-karṇa-vikarṇamwith cut/irregular ‘ears’ (projections)
chinna-karṇa-vikarṇam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootchinna (कृदन्त; √chid धातु) + karṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + vikarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (with ‘cut ears’ and ‘irregular ears’—architectural projections)
caand
ca:
Avyaya (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक
vyajana-ākṛti-saṃsthitamarranged in the shape of a fan
vyajana-ākṛti-saṃsthitam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvyajana (प्रातिपदिक) + ākṛti (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthita (कृदन्त; √sthā धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (vyajanākṛtyā saṃsthitam)