Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 14
अगम्यागमन-निष्कृति-निर्णयः
Expiations for Forbidden Sexual Relations
Devanagari script
अष्टभिर्वैश्यनारीं च शूद्रां षौडशभिस्तथा / द्वात्रिंशता संकरजां वेश्यां शूद्रामिवाचरेत्
Transliteration
aṣṭabhirvaiśyanārīṃ ca śūdrāṃ ṣauḍaśabhistathā / dvātriṃśatā saṃkarajāṃ veśyāṃ śūdrāmivācaret
Translation
For a vaiśya woman it is eightfold, for a śūdra woman sixteenfold; for a veśyā of mixed birth it is thirty-twofold (as expiation), and a veśyā is to be treated as a śūdra.
Word by Word
aṣṭabhiḥby eight (times/units)
aṣṭabhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṣṭan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (Instr. 3), बहुवचन (pl.); संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम्
vaiśyanārīma Vaiśya woman
vaiśyanārīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvaiśya + nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
śūdrāma Śūdra woman
śūdrām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśūdrā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.)
ṣauḍaśabhiḥby sixteen (times/units)
ṣauḍaśabhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣoḍaśan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (Instr. 3), बहुवचन (pl.); संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम्
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise/so)
dvātriṃśatāby thirty-two (times/units)
dvātriṃśatā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvātriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg.) (collective numeral); द्विगु-समासः
saṃkarajāmborn of mixed caste
saṃkarajām:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃkara + jā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.); तत्पुरुषः ‘saṃkarāt jā’ (born of mixed caste)
veśyāma courtesan
veśyām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootveśyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.)
śūdrāma Śūdra woman
śūdrām:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootśūdrā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.) (upamāna in iva-construction)
ivalike/as
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमानसूचक-अव्ययम् (particle of comparison)
ācaretshould perform/practice
ācaret:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√car (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.)