Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 32
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
बहुत्वान्नामधेयानां प्रधानांश्च निबोधत / तेषां प्रधाना नागानां शेषवासुकितक्षकाः
Transliteration
bahutvānnāmadheyānāṃ pradhānāṃśca nibodhata / teṣāṃ pradhānā nāgānāṃ śeṣavāsukitakṣakāḥ
Translation
由于名号繁多，当知其要者。在诸那伽之中，最为主要的是舍沙（Śeṣa）、婆苏吉（Vāsuki）与多叉迦（Takṣaka）。
Word by Word
bahutvātdue to the multitude
bahutvāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootbahutva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे: "because of multitude"
nāmadheyānāmof the names
nāmadheyānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnāmadheya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; "of names/appellations"
pradhānānthe chief (ones)
pradhānān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण: "chief/primary"
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
nibodhatalearn/understand
nibodhata:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni+budh (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; "understand/learn"
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; "of them"
pradhānāḥthe chief (are)
pradhānāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; "chief"
nāgānāmof the nāgas
nāgānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnāga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; "of the nāgas"
śeṣa-vāsuki-takṣakāḥŚeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka
śeṣa-vāsuki-takṣakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsuki (प्रातिपदिक) + takṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर; सूची-समास); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; "Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka"