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Varaha Purana 132.39: Adhyaya 132, Shloka 39

Expiatory Rites for Contact with a Corpse and with a Menstruating Woman

हस्ती वर्षशतं चैव खरो द्वात्रिंशकं भवेत् ॥ मार्जारो नववर्षाणि वानरो दशपञ्च च ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 132.39

hastī varśaśataṃ caiva kharo dvātriṃśakaṃ bhavet | mārjāro navavarṣāṇi vānaro daśapañca ca ||

(అతడు) వంద సంవత్సరాలు ఏనుగుగా, ముప్పై రెండు సంవత్సరాలు గాడిదగా, తొమ్మిది సంవత్సరాలు పిల్లిగా, పదిహేను సంవత్సరాలు కోతిగా అవుతాడు.

हस्तीelephant
हस्ती:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहस्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
वर्ष-शतम्a hundred years
वर्ष-शतम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः = ‘a hundred years’
and
:
Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण (particle of emphasis)
खरःdonkey
खरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootखर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
द्वात्रिंशकम्thirty-two (years)
द्वात्रिंशकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वात्रिंशत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्या-शब्द (numeral) used as measure
भवेत्would be/is said to be
भवेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
मार्जारःcat
मार्जारः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमार्जार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
नव-वर्षाणिnine years
नव-वर्षाणि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनव (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः = ‘nine years’
वानरःmonkey
वानरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवानर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
दश-पञ्चfifteen (years)
दश-पञ्च:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदश (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (as a collective numeral); संख्या-द्वन्द्वः = 10+5 (=15)
and
:
Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)

Varāha (contextual continuation)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmology
E
Ethical Didacticism

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