महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-167

अध्यायानां शतं प्रोक्तमध्यायाः सप्ततिस्तथा ।
अष्टौ श्लोकसहस्राणि तथा नव शतानि च ॥१६७॥

167. adhyāyānāṁ śataṁ proktamadhyāyāḥ saptatistathā ,
aṣṭau ślokasahasrāṇi tathā nava śatāni ca.

167. adhyāyānām śatam proktam adhyāyāḥ saptatiḥ
tathā aṣṭau ślokasahastrāṇi tathā nava śatāni ca

167. A hundred chapters have been mentioned, and similarly, seventy more chapters. (In total, there are) eight thousand verses and also nine hundred (verses).

167. מספר הפרקים בו הוא מאה ושבעים, ומספר הבתים שמונת אלפים ותשע מאות,

Words meanings summery:

• अध्यायानाम् (adhyāyānām) - of chapters

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - have been mentioned (declared, stated)

• अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters

• सप्ततिः (saptatiḥ) - seventy

• तथा (tathā) - and similarly (thus, so, and, similarly)

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• श्लोकसहस्त्राणि (ślokasahastrāṇi) - eight thousand verses (thousands of verses)

• तथा (tathā) - and, also

• नव (nava) - nine

• शतानि (śatāni) - nine hundred (verses) (hundreds)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

अध्यायानाम् (adhyāyānām) - of chapters

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of adhyāya

adhyāya - chapter, section, lesson, study

root i (to go) with adhi-prefix

Prefix: adhi

Root: i

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - have been mentioned (declared, stated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta

prokta - declared, stated, spoken, mentioned, said

past participle

root vac (to speak) with pra-prefix + kta (past participle suffix)

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

अध्यायाः (adhyāyāḥ) - chapters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhyāya

adhyāya - chapter, section, lesson, study

root i (to go) with adhi-prefix

Prefix: adhi

Root: i

सप्ततिः (saptatiḥ) - seventy

(numeral)

तथा (tathā) - and similarly (thus, so, and, similarly)

(indeclinable)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

श्लोकसहस्त्राणि (ślokasahastrāṇi) - eight thousand verses (thousands of verses)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ślokasahastra

ślokasahastra - a thousand verses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śloka+sahastra)

• śloka – verse, stanza, fame, praise
  noun (masculine)
• sahastra – a thousand
  numeral (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नव (nava) - nine

(numeral)

शतानि (śatāni) - nine hundred (verses) (hundreds)

(numeral)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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