मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-45, verse-11
यावत्यः सृष्टयश्चैव यावन्तः प्रलयास्तथा ।
यथा कल्पविभागश्च या च मन्वन्तरस्थितिः ॥११॥
यथा कल्पविभागश्च या च मन्वन्तरस्थितिः ॥११॥
11. yāvatyaḥ sṛṣṭayaścaiva yāvantaḥ pralayāstathā .
yathā kalpavibhāgaśca yā ca manvantarasthitiḥ.
yathā kalpavibhāgaśca yā ca manvantarasthitiḥ.
11.
yāvatyaḥ sṛṣṭayaḥ ca eva yāvantaḥ pralayāḥ tathā
yathā kalpavibhāgaḥ ca yā ca manvantarastitiḥ
yathā kalpavibhāgaḥ ca yā ca manvantarastitiḥ
11.
As well as how many creations (sṛṣṭi) there are, and similarly how many dissolutions (pralaya); how the divisions of kalpas (kalpavibhāga) are, and what the condition of the cosmic periods (manvantara) is.
Words meanings summery:
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- यावत्यः (yāvatyaḥ) - as many as, however many
- सृष्टयः (sṛṣṭayaḥ) - creations, productions
- च (ca) - and, also
- एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly
- यावन्तः (yāvantaḥ) - as many as, however many
- प्रलयाः (pralayāḥ) - dissolutions, destructions
- तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and also
- यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner
- कल्पविभागः (kalpavibhāgaḥ) - division of kalpas, distinctions of cosmic periods
- च (ca) - and, also
- या (yā) - which
- च (ca) - and, also
- मन्वन्तरस्तितिः (manvantarastitiḥ) - the state or condition of the manvantaras
Words meanings and morphology
यावत्यः (yāvatyaḥ) - as many as, however many
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of yāvat
yāvat - as much as, as many as, as long as
सृष्टयः (sṛṣṭayaḥ) - creations, productions
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of sṛṣṭi
sṛṣṭi - creation, production, emission
from √sṛj (to create, emit)
Root: sṛj (class 6)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly
(indeclinable)
यावन्तः (yāvantaḥ) - as many as, however many
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of yāvat
yāvat - as much as, as many as, as long as
प्रलयाः (pralayāḥ) - dissolutions, destructions
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pralaya
pralaya - dissolution, destruction, re-absorption (pralaya)
from pra-√lī (to dissolve)
Prefix: pra
Root: lī (class 4)
तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and also
(indeclinable)
यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner
(indeclinable)
कल्पविभागः (kalpavibhāgaḥ) - division of kalpas, distinctions of cosmic periods
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpavibhāga
kalpavibhāga - division of a kalpa, distinctions of cosmic periods
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpa+vibhāga)
- kalpa – a day of Brahmā, a cosmic period, an age
noun (masculine) - vibhāga – division, separation, distinction, part
noun (masculine)
from vi-√bhaj (to divide)
Prefix: vi
Root: bhaj (class 1)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
या (yā) - which
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
मन्वन्तरस्तितिः (manvantarastitiḥ) - the state or condition of the manvantaras
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of manvantarastiti
manvantarastiti - the state, condition, or existence of a manvantara
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manvantara+sthiti)
- manvantara – a cosmic period, an age presided over by a Manu
noun (neuter) - sthiti – state, condition, existence, permanence
noun (feminine)
from √sthā (to stand)
Root: sthā (class 1)