Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 35
गान्धर्वमूर्छनालक्षणवर्णनम्
Description of Gandharva Mūrchanā Characteristics
Devanagari script
यानि प्रोक्तानि गीतानिवतुरूपं विशेषतः / ततः सप्तस्वरङ्कार्यंसप्तरूपञ्चकौशिकी
Transliteration
yāni proktāni gītānivaturūpaṃ viśeṣataḥ / tataḥ saptasvaraṅkāryaṃsaptarūpañcakauśikī
Translation
यानि प्रोक्तानि गीतानि चतुर्विधरूपं विशेषतः। ततः सप्तस्वरैः कृतं सप्तवर्णरूपं च कौशिकी॥
Word by Word
yāniwhich (things)
yāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd—प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
proktānisaid, declared
proktāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra+vac (धातु) → prokta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Napumsaka, Nominative/Accusative Plural; agrees with yāni
gītānisongs, chants
gītāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgīta (प्रातिपदिक; √gai ‘to sing’ → गीता/गीत)
FormNapumsaka, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
ivalike, as if
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormUpamā-avyaya (उपमा-अव्यय), particle of comparison
tubut, indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (निपात), adversative/emphatic particle
rūpamform, nature
rūpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Nominative/Accusative, Singular (एकवचन)
viśeṣataḥespecially, in particular
viśeṣataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootviśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस्-प्रत्यय)
FormAvyayībhāva-like adverbial formation; Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
tataḥthereafter, from that
tataḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; ablatival adverb (ततः = ‘from that/then’)
sapta-svara-aṅkāryamto be marked by seven notes
sapta-svara-aṅkāryam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + svara (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅkārya (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
FormNapumsaka, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; compound: ‘saptasvaraiḥ aṅkāryam’ (to be marked/characterized by seven notes)
sapta-rūpamseven-formed
sapta-rūpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; dvigu compound meaning ‘having seven forms’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय-निपात), conjunction
kauśikīKauśikī (name)
kauśikī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkauśikī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative, Singular