मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-46, verse-28
त्रेता त्रीणि सहस्राणि दिव्याब्दानां शतत्रयम् ।
तत्सन्ध्या तत्समा चैव सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ॥२८॥
तत्सन्ध्या तत्समा चैव सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ॥२८॥
28. tretā trīṇi sahasrāṇi divyābdānāṃ śatatrayam .
tatsandhyā tatsamā caiva sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ.
tatsandhyā tatsamā caiva sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ.
28.
tretā trīṇi sahasrāṇi divyābdānām śatatrayam tat
sandhyā tat samā ca eva sandhyāṃśaḥ ca tathāvidhaḥ
sandhyā tat samā ca eva sandhyāṃśaḥ ca tathāvidhaḥ
28.
The Tretā (yuga) lasts for three thousand divine years, with its dawn period (sandhyā) being three hundred (years). Its sandhyā is just like that, and its transitional dusk period (sandhyāṃśa) is of a similar duration.
Words meanings summery:
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- त्रेता (tretā) - the Tretā yuga
- त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three
- सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
- दिव्याब्दानाम् (divyābdānām) - of divine years
- शतत्रयम् (śatatrayam) - three hundred years (three hundreds)
- तत् (tat) - its (referring to Tretā yuga's) (its, that)
- सन्ध्या (sandhyā) - transitional dawn period of a yuga (twilight, junction period, dawn/dusk)
- तत् (tat) - that (period) (that, its)
- समा (samā) - of an equal duration (to the sandhyā mentioned) (equal, similar, like)
- च (ca) - and
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just so
- 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
त्रेता (tretā) - the Tretā yuga
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tretā
tretā - the Tretā yuga (the second cosmic age), a triad, a group of three
त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three
(numeral)
सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
(noun)
neuter, plural of sahasra
sahasra - thousand
दिव्याब्दानाम् (divyābdānām) - of divine years
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of divyābda
divyābda - divine year, year of the gods
Compound type : tatpurusha (divya+abda)
- divya – divine, heavenly, celestial
adjective (masculine) - abda – year
noun (masculine)
शतत्रयम् (śatatrayam) - three hundred years (three hundreds)
(noun)
neuter, singular of śatatraya
śatatraya - a group of three hundreds
Compound type : dvigu (śata+traya)
- śata – hundred
noun (neuter) - traya – group of three, triad
noun (neuter)
तत् (tat) - its (referring to Tretā yuga's) (its, that)
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it, he, she
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
तत् (tat) - that (period) (that, its)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, it, he, she
Note: Adjective form of 'tad', agreeing with feminine 'samā'
समा (samā) - of an equal duration (to the sandhyā mentioned) (equal, similar, like)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sama
sama - same, equal, similar, alike, even
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just so
(indeclinable)
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