महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-208, verse-3

प्रजासु तासु सर्वासु रूपेणाप्रतिमाभवत् ।
देवी भानुमती नाम प्रथमाङ्गिरसः सुता ॥३॥

3. prajāsu tāsu sarvāsu rūpeṇāpratimābhavat ,
devī bhānumatī nāma prathamāṅgirasaḥ sutā.

3. prajāsu tāsu sarvāsu rūpeṇa apratimā abhavat
| devī bhānumatī nāma prathamā aṅgirasaḥ sutā

3. Among all those progeny, the divine Bhānumatī, the first daughter of Aṅgiras, was unrivaled in beauty.

3. מבין כל הצאצאים האלה, הבת הראשונה של אַנְגִירַסַה, הגברת בְּהָאנוּמַטִי, הייתה חסרת תחרות ביופיה.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रजासु (prajāsu) - Among the children/descendants of Aṅgiras. (among the progeny, among the subjects)

• तासु (tāsu) - Refers to the aforementioned progeny. (among those)

• सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - Among all the progeny. (among all)

• रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - In terms of beauty. (by beauty, in form, in appearance)

• अप्रतिमा (apratimā) - Unrivaled in beauty. (unrivaled, unequaled, peerless)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

• देवी (devī) - Divine lady. (divine, goddess, lady)

• भानुमती (bhānumatī) - The first daughter of Aṅgiras. (Bhānumatī (proper name))

• नाम (nāma) - Indicates her name. (by name, indeed, namely)

• प्रथमा (prathamā) - Refers to her being the first daughter. (first)

• अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Aṅgiras

• सुता (sutā) - daughter

Words meanings and morphology

प्रजासु (prajāsu) - Among the children/descendants of Aṅgiras. (among the progeny, among the subjects)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, subjects, people

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

तासु (tāsu) - Refers to the aforementioned progeny. (among those)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Feminine locative plural of 'tad'

सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - Among all the progeny. (among all)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Feminine locative plural of 'sarva'

रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - In terms of beauty. (by beauty, in form, in appearance)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, beauty, appearance

Note: Indicates the quality by which she was unrivaled.

अप्रतिमा (apratimā) - Unrivaled in beauty. (unrivaled, unequaled, peerless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apratimā

apratimā - unrivaled, unequaled, peerless

From a- (negation) + pratimā (likeness, image).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+pratimā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• pratimā – likeness, image, comparison
  noun (feminine)
  From prati-√mā (to measure against)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mā (class 2)

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Active

Root: bhū (class 1)

देवी (devī) - Divine lady. (divine, goddess, lady)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman, queen, lady

Feminine of deva.

भानुमती (bhānumatī) - The first daughter of Aṅgiras. (Bhānumatī (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhānumatī

bhānumatī - name of a woman, radiant (feminine form of bhānumat)

Feminine form of 'bhānumat' (lustrous, shining)

नाम (nāma) - Indicates her name. (by name, indeed, namely)

(indeclinable)

Can be an indeclinable or a neuter noun in nominative/accusative singular.

प्रथमा (prathamā) - Refers to her being the first daughter. (first)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prathama

prathama - first, earliest, principal

Feminine form of 'prathama'. Ordinal number.

अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Aṅgiras

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aṅgiras

aṅgiras - Name of a sage, a class of divine beings

सुता (sutā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

Feminine form of 'suta' (son), derived from √sū (to give birth).

Root: sū (class 2)

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