Shloka 18

अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures

Devanagari script

पर्यासपरिमाणेन भूमेस्तुल्यं दिवः स्मृतम् / सप्तानामपि द्वीपानामेत त्स्थानं प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

paryāsaparimāṇena bhūmestulyaṃ divaḥ smṛtam / saptānāmapi dvīpānāmeta tsthānaṃ prakīrtitam

Translation

Par la mesure de sa circonférence, le cercle du ciel est tenu pour égal à celui de la Terre ; et ceci est proclamé comme le lieu des sept dvīpas.

Word by Word

• paryāsa-parimāṇena: by the circuit-measure
• paryāsa-parimāṇena: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paryāsa + parimāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘by the measure of the circuit’

• bhūmeḥ: of the earth
• bhūmeḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), singular

• tulyam: equal
• tulyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, nominative/accusative singular; predicative adjective

• divaḥ: of heaven/sky
• divaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), singular

• smṛtam: is said/considered
• smṛtam: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ स्मृ)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative/accusative singular; impersonal predication ‘is said’

• saptānām: of seven
• saptānām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), plural; agrees with dvīpānām

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) meaning ‘also/even’

• dvīpānām: of the continents/islands
• dvīpānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), plural

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य; that which is described)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, neuter, nominative/accusative singular

• sthānam: place/position
• sthānam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, nominative/accusative singular

• prakīrtitam: is proclaimed/declared
• prakīrtitam: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prakīrtita (कृदन्त; √kīrt कीर्त् with pra-)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative/accusative singular; predicative ‘is proclaimed’