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Varaha Purana 83.8: Adhyaya 83, Shloka 8

Description of the Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla Regions: Niṣadha’s Western Janapadas and River Systems

शेषाः क्षुद्रनद्यः सहस्रशश्चेति।

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 83.8

śeṣāḥ kṣudra-nadyaḥ sahasraśaś ceti

Adapun sungai-sungai yang selebihnya ialah sungai kecil—jumlahnya beribu-ribu, demikianlah.

शेषाःthe remaining (ones)
शेषाः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘remaining’ (used substantively)
क्षुद्रनद्यःminor rivers
क्षुद्रनद्यः:
Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुद्र + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — कर्मधारय (क्षुद्राः नद्यः)
सहस्रशःby thousands
सहस्रशः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/measure-adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्ययार्थ)
Formअव्यय (adverbial: ‘by thousands/in thousands’)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/closure)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (quotative/closing particle)

Rudra

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmography
H
Hydronymy
E
Enumerative Style

FAQs

It demonstrates Purāṇic enumerative conventions: a named list of major items followed by a formula indicating numerous unnamed minor items.

No specific location; it refers generically to the remainder of the river system in the described region.

No direct instruction; it functions as a classificatory closure to the river list.

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