Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 87

Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana

Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases

Devanagari script

अरुणा चाप्यलोमा च कन्या ब्रह्मधना तु या / ब्रह्मधानप्रसूता सा कन्या चैव महारवा

Transliteration

aruṇā cāpyalomā ca kanyā brahmadhanā tu yā / brahmadhānaprasūtā sā kanyā caiva mahāravā

Translation

名为“梵财”的少女，色如赤霞且无毫毛；她出自梵财之源，亦为大声哀号之女。

Word by Word

• aruṇā: reddish; Aruṇā
• aruṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; adjective/name qualifying kanyā

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) ‘also/even’

• alomā: hairless; Alomā
• alomā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + lomā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; privative a-; ‘hairless’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• kanyā: girl/maiden
• kanyā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• brahmadhanā: Brahmadhanā
• brahmadhanā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + dhanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; name

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• yā: who
• yā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun

• brahmadhāna-prasūtā: born of Brahmadhānā
• brahmadhāna-prasūtā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmadhāna + prasūtā (कृदन्त; pra-√sū धातु)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘born from Brahmadhānā’

• sā: she
• sā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• kanyā: girl
• kanyā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• mahā-ravā: loud-crying; with a great roar
• mahā-ravā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + ravā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular