Shloka 46

Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam

Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants

Devanagari script

अड्जा वड्भा: कलिज्ञाश्चन॒ यकूल्लोमान एव च । मल्ला: सुदेष्णा: प्रह्लादा माहिका: शशिकास्तथा

Transliteration

Aḍjā vaḍbhāḥ kalijñāś ca na yakūllomāna eva ca | mallāḥ sudeṣṇāḥ prahlādā māhikāḥ śaśikās tathā ||

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—अड्जा वड्भाः कलिज्ञाश्च यकूल्लोमान एव च । मल्लाः सुदेष्णाः प्रह्लादा माहिकाः शशिकास्तथा ॥

Word by Word

• अड्जाः: the Aḍjas (a people/tribe)
• अड्जाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अड्ज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वड्भाः: the Vaḍbhas (a people/tribe)
• वड्भाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वड्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कलिज्ञाः: the Kalijñas (a people/tribe)
• कलिज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यकूल्लोमानः: Yakūllomāna (a proper name/tribal name)
• यकूल्लोमानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यकूल्लोमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मल्लाः: the Mallas
• मल्लाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुदेष्णाः: the Sudeṣṇas (a people/tribe)
• सुदेष्णाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदेष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रह्लादाः: the Prahlādas (a people/lineage)
• प्रह्लादाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• माहिकाः: the Māhikas (a people/tribe)
• माहिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शशिकाः: the Śaśikas (a people/tribe)
• शशिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aḍjas
• Vaḍbhas
• Kalijñas
• Yakūllomānas
• Mallas
• Sudeṣṇas
• Prahlādas
• Māhikas
• Śaśikas