Shloka 55

Pṛthivyāyāma-vistara (Extent and Divisions of the Earth) / पृथिव्यायामविस्तरः

Devanagari script

मल्ला मगधगोनर्दाः प्राच्यां जनपदाः स्मृताः / अथापरे जनपदा दक्षिणापथवासिनः

Transliteration

mallā magadhagonardāḥ prācyāṃ janapadāḥ smṛtāḥ / athāpare janapadā dakṣiṇāpathavāsinaḥ

Translation

Malla, Magadha e Gonarda são lembrados como janapadas do Oriente; e outros janapadas, por sua vez, são habitantes do Dakṣiṇāpatha, a via do Sul.

Word by Word

• mallāḥ: the Mallas (people)
• mallāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: malla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• magadha-gonardāḥ: the Magadhas and the Gonardas
• magadha-gonardāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: magadha + gonarda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative)

• prācyām: in the eastern region
• prācyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prācī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• janapadāḥ: countries/territories
• janapadāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janapada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered/are said (to be)
• smṛtāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (स्मृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (passive sense)

• atha: now/then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), अनुक्रम/सम्बन्ध-बोधक (sequencing particle: 'now/then')

• apare: other
• apare: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier of janapadāḥ)

• janapadāḥ: countries/territories
• janapadāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janapada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• dakṣiṇāpatha-vāsinaḥ: inhabitants of the southern region (Dakṣiṇāpatha)
• dakṣiṇāpatha-vāsinaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇāpatha + vāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of the southern route/Deccan')