Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 48

लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification

Devanagari script

श्वापदो द्वीपिनो हस्ती वानरः पक्षिपञ्चमः / औदकाः पशवः षष्ठाः सप्तमास्तु सरीसृपाः

Transliteration

śvāpado dvīpino hastī vānaraḥ pakṣipañcamaḥ / audakāḥ paśavaḥ ṣaṣṭhāḥ saptamāstu sarīsṛpāḥ

Translation

猛兽（śvāpada）、虎类等（dvīpin）、大象、猿猴；第五为飞禽；第六为水生之兽；第七则为爬行之类（sarīsṛpa）。

Word by Word

• śvāpadāḥ: beasts of prey/wild animals
• śvāpadāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvāpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• dvīpinaḥ: tigers/leopards (striped beasts)
• dvīpinaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvīpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• hastī: elephant
• hastī: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hastin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Ekavacana (एकवचन) (collective sense possible)

• vānaraḥ: monkey
• vānaraḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Ekavacana (एकवचन) (collective sense possible)

• pakṣi-pañcamaḥ: the fifth (category): birds
• pakṣi-pañcamaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pakṣin (प्रातिपदिक) + pañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: pakṣiṇāṃ pañcamaḥ (the fifth category is birds)

• audakāḥ: aquatic
• audakāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: audaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); viśeṣaṇa of paśavaḥ

• paśavaḥ: animals
• paśavaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• ṣaṣṭhāḥ: sixth
• ṣaṣṭhāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); ordinal qualifying audakāḥ paśavaḥ

• saptamāḥ: seventh
• saptamāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); ordinal qualifying sarīsṛpāḥ

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (निपात)

• sarīsṛpāḥ: reptiles/creeping creatures
• sarīsṛpāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarīsṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/1st case), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)