Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 188

Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana

Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases

Devanagari script

दश पद्मानि चान्यानि महापद्मानि वै नव / संख्यातानि कुलीनानां वानराणां तरस्विनाम्

Transliteration

daśa padmāni cānyāni mahāpadmāni vai nava / saṃkhyātāni kulīnānāṃ vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām

Translation

Y otros diez padmas y, en verdad, nueve mahāpadmas: tal es el número de los vánaras nobles y poderosos.

Word by Word

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्याविशेषण), Indeclinable-like usage; qualifying neuter plural noun

• padmāni: padmas (a large number; ‘padma’ units)
• padmāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• anyāni: other
• anyāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); adjective to padmāni

• mahāpadmāni: mahāpadmas (an even larger number)
• mahāpadmāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/emphatic (निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय)

• nava: nine
• nava: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्याविशेषण), used with mahāpadmāni; Neuter nominative plural sense

• saṃkhyātāni: counted/numbered
• saṃkhyātāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃkhyāta (कृदन्त; √khyā with sam-, क्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); predicate adjective

• kulīnānām: of noble (ones)
• kulīnānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kulīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying vānarāṇām

• vānarāṇām: of monkeys
• vānarāṇām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Plural (बहुवचन)

• tarasvinām: of swift/strong (ones)
• tarasvinām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tarasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying vānarāṇām