Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 176

Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana

Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases

Devanagari script

वानराः किन्नराश्चैव मायुः किंपुरुषास्तथा / सिंहाव्याघ्राश्च नीलाश्चद्वीपिनः क्रोधिताधराः

Transliteration

vānarāḥ kinnarāścaiva māyuḥ kiṃpuruṣāstathā / siṃhāvyāghrāśca nīlāścadvīpinaḥ krodhitādharāḥ

Translation

Isinilang din ang mga vānara (unggoy), kinnara, māyu at kiṃpuruṣa; at ang leon, tigre, nīla at dvīpin (may batik) na may mga labing tila nagngangalit.

Word by Word

• vānarāḥ: monkeys
• vānarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• kinnarāḥ: kinnaras
• kinnarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kinnara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle)

• māyuḥ: māyus (a kind/name)
• māyuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• kiṃpuruṣāḥ: kiṃpuruṣas
• kiṃpuruṣāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.); tatpuruṣa: ‘kiṃ + puruṣa’ (a class of beings)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (kriyā-viśeṣaṇa avyaya)

• siṃhā-vyāghrāḥ: lions and tigers
• siṃhā-vyāghrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃha (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.); itaretara-dvandva: ‘lions and tigers’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• nīlāḥ: nīlas (blue/dark ones; a kind/name)
• nīlāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• dvīpinaḥ: leopards/panthers (spotted cats)
• dvīpinaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvīpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• krodhita-adharāḥ: with angry lower-lips (fierce-lipped)
• krodhita-adharāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodhita (क्रुध् धातु) (कृदन्त) + adhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.); karmadhāraya: ‘krodhitāḥ adharāḥ yeṣām’/‘having angry lips’ (as an epithet)