मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-46, verse-27
चत्वारि तु सहस्राणि वर्षाणां कृतमुच्यते ।
शतानि सन्ध्या चत्वारि सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ॥२७॥
शतानि सन्ध्या चत्वारि सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ॥२७॥
27. catvāri tu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ kṛtamucyate .
śatāni sandhyā catvāri sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ.
śatāni sandhyā catvāri sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ.
27.
catvāri tu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇām kṛtam ucyate śatāni
sandhyā catvāri sandhyāṃśaḥ ca tathāvidhaḥ
sandhyā catvāri sandhyāṃśaḥ ca tathāvidhaḥ
27.
The Kṛta (yuga) is said to last for four thousand years. Its transitional dawn period (sandhyā) is four hundred years, and its transitional dusk period (sandhyāṃśa) is of a similar duration.
Words meanings summery:
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- चत्वारि (catvāri) - four
- तु (tu) - but, and, indeed
- सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
- वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years
- कृतम् (kṛtam) - the Kṛta yuga (done, made, the Kṛta yuga)
- उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called
- शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds
- सन्ध्या (sandhyā) - transitional dawn period of a yuga (twilight, junction period, dawn/dusk)
- चत्वारि (catvāri) - four
- सन्ध्यांशः (sandhyāṁśaḥ) - transitional dusk period of a yuga, equal to sandhyā (part of the sandhyā, transition period)
- च (ca) - and
- तथाविधः (tathāvidhaḥ) - of that kind, similar, suchlike
Words meanings and morphology
चत्वारि (catvāri) - four
(numeral)
तु (tu) - but, and, indeed
(indeclinable)
सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
(noun)
neuter, plural of sahasra
sahasra - thousand
वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of varṣa
varṣa - year, rain, monsoon
कृतम् (kṛtam) - the Kṛta yuga (done, made, the Kṛta yuga)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta
kṛta - done, made, effect, a kind of die, Kṛta Yuga (first of the four yugas)
Past Passive Participle
From root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ta
Root: kṛ (class 8)
उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac
Present Passive
Root vac (weak form uc), Present Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Root: vac (class 2)
शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds
(noun)
neuter, plural of śata
śata - hundred
सन्ध्या (sandhyā) - transitional dawn period of a yuga (twilight, junction period, dawn/dusk)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sandhyā
sandhyā - junction, twilight, dawn, dusk, prayer, meditation
चत्वारि (catvāri) - four
(numeral)
सन्ध्यांशः (sandhyāṁśaḥ) - transitional dusk period of a yuga, equal to sandhyā (part of the sandhyā, transition period)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sandhyāṃśa
sandhyāṁśa - a part of twilight, a fraction of the sandhyā period
Compound type : tatpurusha (sandhyā+aṃśa)
- sandhyā – junction, twilight, dawn, dusk
noun (feminine) - aṃśa – part, share, portion
noun (masculine)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
तथाविधः (tathāvidhaḥ) - of that kind, similar, suchlike
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tathāvidha
tathāvidha - of that kind, such, similar, like that