मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-11, verse-4
उपाङ्गान्यङ्गुली-नेत्र-नासास्य-श्रवणानि च ।
प्ररोहं यान्ति चाङ्गेभ्यस्तद्वत् तेभ्यो नखादिकम् ॥४॥
प्ररोहं यान्ति चाङ्गेभ्यस्तद्वत् तेभ्यो नखादिकम् ॥४॥
4. upāṅgānyaṅgulī-netra-nāsāsya-śravaṇāni ca .
prarohaṃ yānti cāṅgebhyastadvat tebhyo nakhādikam.
prarohaṃ yānti cāṅgebhyastadvat tebhyo nakhādikam.
4.
upāṅgāni aṅgulī-netra-nāsāsya-śravaṇāni ca praroham
yānti ca aṅgebhyaḥ tadvat tebhyaḥ nakhādikam
yānti ca aṅgebhyaḥ tadvat tebhyaḥ nakhādikam
4.
The subsidiary body parts (upāṅgas) such as fingers, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears develop from the main limbs (aṅgas); and similarly, from those [subsidiary parts], nails and other similar features [develop].
Words meanings summery:
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- उपाङ्गानि (upāṅgāni) - subsidiary body parts (subsidiary limbs, minor parts, secondary organs)
- अङ्गुली-नेत्र-नासास्य-श्रवणानि (aṅgulī-netra-nāsāsya-śravaṇāni) - specific examples of subsidiary body parts (fingers, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- प्ररोहम् (praroham) - development, emergence (growth, sprouting, development)
- यान्ति (yānti) - they develop, they grow (they go, they move, they attain, they become)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- अङ्गेभ्यः (aṅgebhyaḥ) - from the major limbs (from the limbs, from the parts)
- तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly (similarly, in that manner)
- तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - from those (subsidiary parts) (from them, to them)
- नखादिकम् (nakhādikam) - nails and other similar features (like hair) (nails and so forth, nails etc.)
Words meanings and morphology
उपाङ्गानि (upāṅgāni) - subsidiary body parts (subsidiary limbs, minor parts, secondary organs)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of upāṅga
upāṅga - subsidiary limb, minor part
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upa+aṅga)
- upa – near, subordinate, subsidiary
indeclinable - aṅga – limb, body part, component
noun (neuter)
Note: Subject of 'yānti'.
अङ्गुली-नेत्र-नासास्य-श्रवणानि (aṅgulī-netra-nāsāsya-śravaṇāni) - specific examples of subsidiary body parts (fingers, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of aṅgulī-netra-nāsāsya-śravaṇa
aṅgulī-netra-nāsāsya-śravaṇa - fingers, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears
Compound type : dvandva (aṅgulī+netra+nāsā+āsya+śravaṇa)
- aṅgulī – finger, toe
noun (feminine) - netra – eye
noun (neuter) - nāsā – nose
noun (feminine) - āsya – mouth, face
noun (neuter) - śravaṇa – ear, hearing
noun (neuter)
Root: śru (class 1)
Note: Appositional to 'upāṅgāni'.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects the list of subsidiary parts.
प्ररोहम् (praroham) - development, emergence (growth, sprouting, development)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of praroha
praroha - growth, sprouting
Derived from root 'ruh' (to grow) with prefix 'pra'
Prefix: pra
Root: ruh (class 1)
Note: Object of 'yānti'. The phrase 'praroham yānti' functions as 'they grow/develop'.
यान्ति (yānti) - they develop, they grow (they go, they move, they attain, they become)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā
Root: yā (class 2)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects the first part of the sentence to the second.
अङ्गेभ्यः (aṅgebhyaḥ) - from the major limbs (from the limbs, from the parts)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, plural of aṅga
aṅga - limb, body part
Note: Indicates origin.
तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly (similarly, in that manner)
(indeclinable)
Note: Expresses comparison.
तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - from those (subsidiary parts) (from them, to them)
(pronoun)
Ablative, neuter, plural of tad
tad - that, those
Note: Refers back to the 'upāṅgāni'.
नखादिकम् (nakhādikam) - nails and other similar features (like hair) (nails and so forth, nails etc.)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of nakhādika
nakhādika - nails etc.
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nakha+ādika)
- nakha – nail, claw
noun (masculine) - ādika – beginning with, and so on
adjective
Suffix to form a compound meaning 'beginning with X'
Note: Subject of an implied verb 'grow'.