Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 22
Ṣoḍaśāvaraṇa-cakre Rudrāṇāṃ Nāma-sthāna-nirdeśa
Rudras in the Sixteen-Enclosure Chakra
Devanagari script
गृत्सश्चाष्टादशविधा देवता अष्टमावृतौ / अथ गृत्साधिपतयो व्राता व्राताधिपास्तथा
Transliteration
gṛtsaścāṣṭādaśavidhā devatā aṣṭamāvṛtau / atha gṛtsādhipatayo vrātā vrātādhipāstathā
Translation
अष्टम आवृत में अठारह प्रकार के गृत्स-देवता थे; फिर गृत्सों के अधिपति, व्रात और व्रातों के अधिपति भी थे।
Word by Word
gṛtsāḥGṛtsas (a class/group)
gṛtsāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgṛtsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
aṣṭādaśa-vidhāḥof eighteen kinds
aṣṭādaśa-vidhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṣṭādaśa + vidhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; द्विगु-समास: aṣṭādaśa (18) + vidhā (kinds) = 'of eighteen kinds'
devatāḥdeities
devatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
aṣṭamā-vṛtauin the eighth enclosure/cycle
aṣṭamā-vṛtau:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootaṣṭamā-vṛti (प्रातिपदिक: aṣṭamā + vṛti)
FormFeminine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुषः: 'aṣṭamyāṃ vṛtau' = in the eighth enclosure/cycle
athathen/now
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormDiscourse particle (अनन्तर/आरम्भक)
gṛtsa-adhipatayaḥlords of the Gṛtsas
gṛtsa-adhipatayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgṛtsa + adhipati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी): 'gṛtsānām adhipatayaḥ'
vrātāḥVrātas (bands/companies)
vrātāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvrāta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
vrāta-adhipāḥchiefs of the bands
vrāta-adhipāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvrāta + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी): 'vrātānām adhipāḥ'
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)