Shloka 15

अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures

Devanagari script

पञ्चाशत्तु सहस्राणि पृथिव्यर्द्धस्य मण्डलम् / गणितं योजनाग्रात्तु कोट्यस्त्वेकादश स्मृताः

Transliteration

pañcāśattu sahasrāṇi pṛthivyarddhasya maṇḍalam / gaṇitaṃ yojanāgrāttu koṭyastvekādaśa smṛtāḥ

Translation

大地半轮之周量，计为五万由旬；依由旬之数，传说为十一俱胝。

Word by Word

• pañcāśat: fifty
• pañcāśat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcāśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्याविशेषण), neuter, nominative/accusative (1st/2nd), plural; agrees with सहस्राणि

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/conjunction (निपात), adversative/emphatic

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, nominative (1st/प्रथमा), plural

• pṛthivyāḥ: of the earth
• pṛthivyāḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), singular

• ardhasya: of the half
• ardhasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), singular

• maṇḍalam: circle/orb (extent)
• maṇḍalam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, nominative/accusative (1st/2nd), singular

• gaṇitam: computed/measured
• gaṇitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gaṇita (कृदन्त; √gaṇ गण्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative/accusative singular; qualifies मण्डलम्

• yojanāgrāt: from the yojana-measure (as unit)
• yojanāgrāt: Apādāna (अपादान/source; ‘from’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojanāgra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), singular; compound: yojanā + agra (measure + foremost/point)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphatic

• koṭyaḥ: crores (ten-millions)
• koṭyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, nominative (1st/प्रथमा), plural

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphatic

• ekādaśa: eleven
• ekādaśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्या), indeclinable-like numeral used adjectivally; dvigu: eka + daśa; qualifies कोṭyaḥ

• smṛtāḥ: are said/remembered (as)
• smṛtāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ स्मृ)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), feminine, nominative plural; agrees with कोṭyaḥ