Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 191
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
वेदवेदाङ्गविद्वांसो नीतिशास्त्रविचक्षणाः / अस्त्राणां मोचने चापि तथा संहारकर्मणि
Transliteration
vedavedāṅgavidvāṃso nītiśāstravicakṣaṇāḥ / astrāṇāṃ mocane cāpi tathā saṃhārakarmaṇi
Translation
ਉਹ ਵੇਦ ਅਤੇ ਵੇਦਾਂਗਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ, ਨੀਤੀ-ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿਪੁਣ ਸਨ; ਅਸਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡਣ ਤੇ ਵਰਤਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਹਾਰ-ਕਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਦੱਖ ਸਨ।
Word by Word
veda-vedāṅga-vidvāṃsaḥknowers of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
veda-vedāṅga-vidvāṃsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootveda + vedāṅga + vidvas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); ‘learned in Veda and Vedāṅgas’
nīti-śāstra-vicakṣaṇāḥskilled in the science of polity/ethics
nīti-śāstra-vicakṣaṇāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnīti + śāstra + vicakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)
astrāṇāmof weapons (missiles)
astrāṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootastra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Plural (बहुवचन)
mocanein releasing/discharging
mocane:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmocana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन); action-noun ‘in releasing’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (अपि—also/even)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)
saṃhāra-karmaṇiin the act of destruction/withdrawal
saṃhāra-karmaṇi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhāra + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन); ‘in the act of withdrawal/destruction’