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Varaha Purana 201.33: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 33

The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers

तत्र ते सहसा घोरा राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः ॥ मन्देहा नाम नाम्ना ते वध्यमानाः सहस्रशः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 201.33

tatra te sahasā ghorā rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ || mandehā nāma nāmnā te vadhyamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ

وہاں اچانک ہولناک راکشس—گوشت خور—نمودار ہوئے۔ وہ نام سے “مندیہا” کہلاتے تھے، اور ہزاروں کی تعداد میں مارے جا رہے تھے۔

तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
तेthey
ते:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन
सहसाsuddenly
सहसा:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहसा (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb of manner/suddenly)
घोराःterrible
घोराः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; राक्षसाः-विशेषण
राक्षसाःdemons
राक्षसाः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
पिशिताशनाःflesh-eating
पिशिताशनाः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootपिशित (प्रातिपदिक) + अशन्/अशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (determinative: 'flesh' + 'eater'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; राक्षसाः-विशेषण
मन्देहाःMandehas (name of a group)
मन्देहाः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; proper name/class-name
नामnamed / called
नाम:
सम्बन्ध (Naming marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formनाम-शब्दः (indeclinable used to indicate naming: 'called')
नाम्नाby name
नाम्ना:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन
तेthey
ते:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (reiterating subject)
वध्यमानाःbeing killed
वध्यमानाः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa; passive state)
TypeVerb
Rootवध् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—शानच् (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'being slain'
सहस्रशःby the thousand / in thousands
सहस्रशः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (distributive adverb: 'by thousands')

Varāha (default narrative voice)

P
Purāṇic Literature
M
Mythic Taxonomy
O
Onomastics (group names)

FAQs

It provides an onomastic data point (“Mandeha”) within a Purāṇic demonology framework, useful for cross-text comparison of named groups and narrative motifs.

No geographic place-name is provided; “tatra” is deictic (“there”) within the narrative scene.

No explicit ethical instruction; it functions as narrative cataloging of combatants and the magnitude of destruction.

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