Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 36
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
चत्वारिंशत्तथा त्रीणि नियुता नीह संख्यया / विंशतिश्च सहस्राणि स संध्यांशश्चतुर्युगः
Transliteration
catvāriṃśattathā trīṇi niyutā nīha saṃkhyayā / viṃśatiśca sahasrāṇi sa saṃdhyāṃśaścaturyugaḥ
Translation
此处按数目为四十三个“尼由他”并加二万年；这被称为四纪的“曙暮分”（sandhyāṃśa）。
Word by Word
catvāriṃśatforty
catvāriṃśat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootcatvāriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'niyutāḥ/niyutāni' इति विशेष्येण सह
tathāand likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय/अनुक्रमार्थे
trīṇithree
trīṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'niyutāḥ/niyutāni' इति विशेष्येण सह
niyutāḥniyutas
niyutāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootniyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (गणनापद), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; पाठे 'नियुता' (प्रथमा बहुवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negative particle)
ihahere
iha:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
saṃkhyayāby count/number
saṃkhyayā:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन
viṃśatiḥtwenty
viṃśatiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootviṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'sahasrāṇi' इति विशेष्येण सह
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात
sahasrāṇithousands
sahasrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
saḥthat/it
saḥ:
Anvaya (अन्वय)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
saṃdhyā-aṃśaḥthe twilight portion
saṃdhyā-aṃśaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (saṃdhyāyāḥ aṃśaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
catur-yugaḥthe four-yuga cycle
catur-yugaḥ:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootcatur (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (संख्यापूर्वपद), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन