मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-54, verse-15
चतुरशीतिसाहस्त्रस्तस्योच्छ्रायो महागिरेः ।
प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्विस्तीर्णः षोडशैव तु ॥१५॥
प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्विस्तीर्णः षोडशैव तु ॥१५॥
15. caturaśītisāhastrastasyocchrāyo mahāgireḥ .
praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastādvistīrṇaḥ ṣoḍaśaiva tu.
praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastādvistīrṇaḥ ṣoḍaśaiva tu.
15.
caturaśītisāhasraḥ tasya ucchrāyaḥ mahāgireḥ
praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśa adhastāt vistīrṇaḥ ṣoḍaśa eva tu
praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśa adhastāt vistīrṇaḥ ṣoḍaśa eva tu
15.
The height of that great mountain (Meru) is eighty-four thousand (yojanas). Sixteen (thousand yojanas) of it are submerged below (the surface), and it is indeed sixteen (thousand yojanas) wide (at its base).
Words meanings summery:
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- चतुरशीतिसाहस्रः (caturaśītisāhasraḥ) - eighty-four thousand (yojanas) (eighty-four thousand)
- तस्य (tasya) - of that (Mount Meru) (of that, its)
- उच्छ्रायः (ucchrāyaḥ) - height (height, elevation, rising up)
- महागिरेः (mahāgireḥ) - of the great mountain (Meru) (of the great mountain)
- प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - submerged (below the surface) (entered, penetrated, submerged)
- षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen (thousand yojanas) (sixteen)
- अधस्तात् (adhastāt) - below (the surface) (below, underneath, from below)
- विस्तीर्णः (vistīrṇaḥ) - wide (at its base) (spread, extended, wide)
- षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen (thousand yojanas) (sixteen)
- एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only)
- तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, on the other hand)
Words meanings and morphology
चतुरशीतिसाहस्रः (caturaśītisāhasraḥ) - eighty-four thousand (yojanas) (eighty-four thousand)
(numeral)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (catur+aśīti+sāhasra)
- catur – four
numeral - aśīti – eighty
numeral (feminine) - sāhasra – thousand, consisting of a thousand
adjective (neuter)
Note: agrees with 'ucchrāyaḥ' (implied)
तस्य (tasya) - of that (Mount Meru) (of that, its)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, those
Note: refers to Meru
उच्छ्रायः (ucchrāyaḥ) - height (height, elevation, rising up)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ucchrāya
ucchrāya - height, elevation, growth, rising
derived from 'ud' + 'śrī'
Prefix: ud
Root: śrī (class 1)
महागिरेः (mahāgireḥ) - of the great mountain (Meru) (of the great mountain)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of mahāgiri
mahāgiri - great mountain
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+giri)
- mahā – great, large
adjective (feminine) - giri – mountain, hill
noun (masculine)
Note: epithet for Meru, agrees with 'tasya'
प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - submerged (below the surface) (entered, penetrated, submerged)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of praviṣṭa
praviṣṭa - entered, gone into, initiated, submerged
Past Passive Participle
derived from root viś with pra prefix
Prefix: pra
Root: viś (class 6)
Note: agrees with implicit 'Meru'
षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen (thousand yojanas) (sixteen)
(numeral)
Note: used here adjectivally to quantify submerged depth
अधस्तात् (adhastāt) - below (the surface) (below, underneath, from below)
(indeclinable)
formed from 'adhas' with the suffix 'tāt'
विस्तीर्णः (vistīrṇaḥ) - wide (at its base) (spread, extended, wide)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vistīrṇa
vistīrṇa - spread, extended, wide, diffused
Past Passive Participle
derived from root stṛ with vi prefix
Prefix: vi
Root: stṛ (class 5)
Note: agrees with implicit 'Meru'
षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen (thousand yojanas) (sixteen)
(numeral)
Note: used here adjectivally to quantify width
एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only)
(indeclinable)
तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, on the other hand)
(indeclinable)