Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 44
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
एते रात्रेर्मुहूर्त्ताः स्युः क्रमोक्ता दश पञ्च च / इन्दोर्गत्युदया ज्ञेया नाडिका आदितस्तथा
Transliteration
ete rātrermuhūrttāḥ syuḥ kramoktā daśa pañca ca / indorgatyudayā jñeyā nāḍikā āditastathā
Translation
这些是夜间的牟呼尔塔，依次而说，共十五段；应由月亮的运行与出升来判知，并且起初也要知晓那ḍikā（计时单位）。
Word by Word
etethese
ete:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative used adjectivally
rātreḥof the night
rātreḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootrātri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
muhūrtāḥmuhūrtas (time-periods)
muhūrtāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmuhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
syuḥwould be/are (to be taken as)
syuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस् धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
krama-uktāḥstated sequentially
krama-uktāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrama (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त; √vac/वच् धातु, क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); past passive participle (क्त): ‘stated in order’
daśaten
daśa:
Saṅkhyā (संख्या)
TypeNoun
Rootdaśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
FormNumeral used as indeclinable-like; here count-word; (commonly treated as avyaya in usage)
pañcafive
pañca:
Saṅkhyā (संख्या)
TypeNoun
Rootpañca (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
FormNumeral used as indeclinable-like; here count-word
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
indoḥof the Moon
indoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootindu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
gati-udayāḥmovements and risings
gati-udayāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgati (प्रातिपदिक) + udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: गति च उदयः च (plural)
jñeyāḥto be known
jñeyāḥ:
Karya (कार्य/vidheya)
TypeAdjective
Root√jñā (ज्ञा धातु) + ya (यत्/णीय)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); gerundive (णीय/यत्): ‘to be known’
nāḍikāḥnāḍikās (time-units)
nāḍikāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnāḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
āditaḥfrom the beginning; first
āditaḥ:
Deśa/Kāla (देश/काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस् प्रत्यय)
FormAdverb (अव्यय) with -tas (तस्): ‘from the beginning/firstly’
tathālikewise
tathā:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय): ‘likewise’