Shloka 61
Cintāmaṇi-gṛha Antara-kathana (Account of the Inner Chambers of the Cintāmaṇi Palace) — Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
एताः षट्त्रिंशदाख्यातास्तत्त्वसोपानपङ्क्तयः / पूषा सोपानपङ्क्तिश्च मञ्चपूर्वदिशंश्रिताः
Transliteration
etāḥ ṣaṭtriṃśadākhyātāstattvasopānapaṅktayaḥ / pūṣā sopānapaṅktiśca mañcapūrvadiśaṃśritāḥ
Translation
These are proclaimed as the thirty-six rows of steps, the ladder of the tattvas; and the row of steps of Pūṣā as well is set toward the eastern quarter, beside the couch (mañca).
Word by Word
etāḥthese
etāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (f.), Prathamā vibhakti (Nom. 1st), Bahuvacana (pl.); sarvanāma-viśeṣaṇa (demonstrative adjective)
ṣaṭ-triṃśatthirty-six
ṣaṭ-triṃśat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṭ + triṃśat (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSaṅkhyā (numeral), avyaya/prātipadika-like; used as viśeṣaṇa of paṅktayaḥ; ‘thirty-six’
ākhyātāḥare declared/are called
ākhyātāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√khyā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-pratyaya past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Bahuvacana (pl.); used predicatively with implied ‘santi’
tattva-sopāna-paṅktayaḥrows of steps of the principles
tattva-sopāna-paṅktayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottattva (प्रातिपदिक) + sopāna (प्रातिपदिक) + paṅkti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Bahuvacana (pl.); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: ‘tattvānāṃ sopānānāṃ paṅktayaḥ’ (rows of steps of principles)
pūṣāPūṣā (the deity Pūṣan)
pūṣā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpūṣan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana (sg.)
sopāna-paṅktiḥthe row of steps
sopāna-paṅktiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsopāna (प्रातिपदिक) + paṅkti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana (sg.); tatpuruṣa: ‘sopānānāṃ paṅktiḥ’ (row of steps)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/particle)
mañca-pūrva-diśam-śritāḥsituated on the eastern side of the couch
mañca-pūrva-diśam-śritāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmañca (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + diś (प्रातिपदिक) + √śri (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta/PPP (क्त), Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Bahuvacana (pl.); tatpuruṣa: ‘mañcasya pūrvā diś’ (eastern direction of the couch) + śrita (resting/located)