मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्       mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-49, verse-45

Words meanings summery:

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• तत्-अर्धेन (tat-ardhena) - referring to half the size of the city mentioned in the previous verse (by half of that)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

• खेटम् (kheṭam) - a village as a unit of settlement, here referring to its size relative to a city (a village, a small town)

• तत्-पादेन (tat-pādena) - referring to a quarter of the city's size (from previous verse) (by a quarter of that, by one-fourth of that)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कर्वटम् (karvaṭam) - a market town as a unit of settlement, here referring to its size relative to a city (a market town, a smaller town than a city)

• न्यूनम् (nyūnam) - comparably smaller in size (smaller, less, deficient)

• द्रोणीमुखम् (droṇīmukham) - a type of settlement, specifically a port town or town at a river mouth, here the subject of comparison (a port, a town at the confluence of rivers or an estuary)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - indicating a comparative 'than that' (referring to the previously mentioned sizes) (from that, than that, therefore)

• अन्त-भागेन (anta-bhāgena) - describing the basis of its smaller size, i.e., its internal extent or area (by the inner part, by internal measure)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - indicating a statement of fact or a conventional classification (it is said, it is called)

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