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Varaha Purana 90.10: Adhyaya 90, Shloka 10

Description of the Threefold Goddess-Power and Brahmā’s Hymn to Sṛṣṭi

यानि सौम्यानि नामानि यानि ज्ञानोद्भवानि च । तानि तस्या विशालाक्षि द्रष्टव्यानि वरानने ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 90.10

yāni saumyāni nāmāni yāni jñānodbhavāni ca | tāni tasyā viśālākṣi draṣṭavyāni varānane ||

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यानिwhich (things)
यानि:
सम्बन्ध (Relative correlating with तानि)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.1/2), बहुवचन (pl.)
सौम्यानिgentle / auspicious
सौम्यानि:
विशेषण (Qualifier of नामानि)
TypeAdjective
Rootसौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.1/2), बहुवचन (pl.)
नामानिnames
नामानि:
कर्म (Karma/Object of द्रष्टव्यानि)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.1/2), बहुवचन (pl.)
यानिwhich
यानि:
सम्बन्ध (Relative)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.1/2), बहुवचन (pl.)
ज्ञानोद्भवानिarising from knowledge
ज्ञानोद्भवानि:
विशेषण (Qualifier of नामानि)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञान + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (‘ज्ञानात् उद्भव’/‘ज्ञानस्य उद्भव’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.1/2), बहुवचन (pl.)
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)
तानिthose
तानि:
कर्म (Karma/Object of द्रष्टव्यानि)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (correlative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.1/2), बहुवचन (pl.)
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Gen.6), एकवचन (sg.)
विशालाक्षिO wide-eyed one
विशालाक्षि:
सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootविशाल + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (epithet), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Nom. used as address), एकवचन (sg.)
द्रष्टव्यानिshould be seen/considered
द्रष्टव्यानि:
विधेय (Predicative obligation; governing object तानि/नामानि)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → द्रष्टव्य (कृदन्त)
Formकर्तव्य/भाव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (gerundive/future passive participle: ‘to be seen’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.1/2), बहुवचन (pl.)
वराननेO fair-faced one
वरानने:
सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootवर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (epithet), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), सम्बोधन (Voc.), एकवचन (sg.)

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Classical Literature
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