मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-46, verse-29
द्वापरं द्वे सहस्रे तु वर्षाणां द्वे शते तथा ।
तस्य सन्ध्या समाख्याता द्वे शताब्दे तदंशकः ॥२९॥
तस्य सन्ध्या समाख्याता द्वे शताब्दे तदंशकः ॥२९॥
29. dvāparaṃ dve sahasre tu varṣāṇāṃ dve śate tathā .
tasya sandhyā samākhyātā dve śatābde tadaṃśakaḥ.
tasya sandhyā samākhyātā dve śatābde tadaṃśakaḥ.
29.
dvāparam dve sahasre tu varṣāṇām dve śate tathā
tasya sandhyā samākhyātā dve śatābde tat aṃśakaḥ
tasya sandhyā samākhyātā dve śatābde tat aṃśakaḥ
29.
The Dvāpara (yuga) is said to last for two thousand years, and similarly, two hundred (years constitute its transitional period). Its dawn period (sandhyā) is declared to be two hundred years, and its portion (tadaṃśakaḥ), the dusk period, is also of the same duration.
Words meanings summery:
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- द्वापरम् (dvāparam) - the Dvāpara yuga
- द्वे (dve) - two
- सहस्रे (sahasre) - two thousand (years) (thousands (dual))
- तु (tu) - but, and, indeed
- वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years
- द्वे (dve) - two
- शते (śate) - two hundred (years) (hundreds (dual))
- तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly
- तस्य (tasya) - of the Dvāpara yuga (its, of that)
- सन्ध्या (sandhyā) - transitional dawn period of a yuga (twilight, junction period, dawn/dusk)
- समाख्याता (samākhyātā) - is declared, is named, is stated
- द्वे (dve) - two
- शताब्दे (śatābde) - two hundred years (two hundred years (dual))
- तत् (tat) - its (referring to Dvāpara yuga's) (its, that)
- अंशकः (aṁśakaḥ) - the sandhyāṃśa, the dusk portion of the yuga (a small part, a portion)
Words meanings and morphology
द्वापरम् (dvāparam) - the Dvāpara yuga
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dvāpara
dvāpara - the Dvāpara yuga (the third cosmic age), doubt, perplexity
द्वे (dve) - two
(numeral)
सहस्रे (sahasre) - two thousand (years) (thousands (dual))
(noun)
neuter, dual of sahasra
sahasra - thousand
तु (tu) - but, and, indeed
(indeclinable)
वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of varṣa
varṣa - year, rain, monsoon
द्वे (dve) - two
(numeral)
शते (śate) - two hundred (years) (hundreds (dual))
(noun)
neuter, dual of śata
śata - hundred
तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly
(indeclinable)
तस्य (tasya) - of the Dvāpara yuga (its, of that)
(pronoun)
Genitive, 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
समाख्याता (samākhyātā) - is declared, is named, is stated
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of samākhyāta
samākhyāta - declared, stated, told, named, proclaimed
Past Passive Participle
From root khyā (to tell, relate) with upasargas sam and ā
Prefixes: sam+ā
Root: khyā (class 2)
द्वे (dve) - two
(numeral)
शताब्दे (śatābde) - two hundred years (two hundred years (dual))
(noun)
feminine, dual of śatābda
śatābda - a hundred years
Compound type : tatpurusha (śata+abda)
- śata – hundred
noun (neuter) - abda – year
noun (masculine)
तत् (tat) - its (referring to Dvāpara yuga's) (its, that)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, it, he, she
अंशकः (aṁśakaḥ) - the sandhyāṃśa, the dusk portion of the yuga (a small part, a portion)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of aṃśaka
aṁśaka - a small part, a portion, a constituent, a fragment