Shloka 36
Dānavavaṃśa-pradhāna-nāmāvalī
Catalogue of Prominent Sons of Danu
Devanagari script
बका नाम समाख्याता राक्षसाः सुमहाबलाः / शतं तानि सहस्राणि महेन्द्रानुचराः स्मृताः
Transliteration
bakā nāma samākhyātā rākṣasāḥ sumahābalāḥ / śataṃ tāni sahasrāṇi mahendrānucarāḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
‘بَکا’ کے نام سے معروف وہ راکشس نہایت زورآور تھے؛ ان کی تعداد سینکڑوں اور ہزاروں تھی، اور وہ مہندر کے پیروکار سمجھے گئے۔
Word by Word
bakāḥBakās (a class/name)
bakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Plural (बहुवचन)
nāmaby name
nāma:
Nipāta (निपात/Designation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
FormParticle/quotative indeclinable (नाम-निपात) indicating designation
samākhyātāḥcalled/known as
samākhyātāḥ:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ā-√khyā (धातु) > samākhyāta (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Plural (बहुवचन)
rākṣasāḥdemons
rākṣasāḥ:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootrākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Plural (बहुवचन)
su-mahā-balāḥvery mighty
su-mahā-balāḥ:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय with intensifier su (‘very great in strength’), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Plural (बहुवचन)
śatama hundred
śatam:
Pramāṇa/saṅkhyā (प्रमाण/संख्या)
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन); numeral used substantively
tānithose
tāni:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Plural (बहुवचन)
sahasrāṇithousands
sahasrāṇi:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Plural (बहुवचन)
mahendra-anucarāḥattendants of Mahendra (Indra)
mahendra-anucarāḥ:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootmahendra (प्रातिपदिक) + anucara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘followers of Mahendra’), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Plural (बहुवचन)
smṛtāḥare said/are remembered as
smṛtāḥ:
Vākya-kriyā (वाक्यक्रिया; passive predication)
TypeAdjective
Root√smṛ (धातु) > smṛta (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘are remembered/considered’