Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 156

Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana

Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases

Devanagari script

नानाप्रकारैराक्रान्ता नाना देशाः समन्ततः / समासाभिहिताश्चैवह्यष्टौ राक्षसमातरः

Transliteration

nānāprakārairākrāntā nānā deśāḥ samantataḥ / samāsābhihitāścaivahyaṣṭau rākṣasamātaraḥ

Translation

さまざまな形で諸国は四方より侵されている。また略して、「羅刹の母」と呼ばれる八つ（八類）も語られる。

Word by Word

• nānā-prakāraiḥ: by various ways/modes
• nānā-prakāraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + prakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (नानाविधाः प्रकाराः)

• ākrāntāḥ: overrun/occupied
• ākrāntāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kram (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्मणि (are overrun/occupied)

• nānā: various
• nānā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nānā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विशेषणवत् (various)

• deśāḥ: regions/countries
• deśāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• samantataḥ: on all sides
• samantataḥ: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): on all sides

• samāsa-abhihitāḥ: named/expressed in compounds
• samāsa-abhihitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + abhihita (कृदन्त; √dhā/√bhidh? here √bhidh/abhidhā ‘to name’, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (समासेन अभिहिताः = expressed by compounds)

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

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (common form for all genders); विशेषण

• rākṣasa-mātaraḥ: mothers of the rākṣasas
• rākṣasa-mātaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (राक्षसानां मातरः = mothers of rākṣasas)