मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-54, verse-16
शरावसंस्थितत्वाच्च द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः ।
शुक्लः पीतोऽसितो रक्तः प्राच्यादिषु यथाक्रमम् ॥१६॥
शुक्लः पीतोऽसितो रक्तः प्राच्यादिषु यथाक्रमम् ॥१६॥
16. śarāvasaṃsthitatvācca dvātriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ .
śuklaḥ pīto'sito raktaḥ prācyādiṣu yathākramam.
śuklaḥ pīto'sito raktaḥ prācyādiṣu yathākramam.
16.
śarāvasaṃsthitatvāt ca dvātriṃśat mūrdhni vistṛtaḥ
śuklaḥ pītaḥ asitaḥ raktaḥ pracyādiṣu yathākramam
śuklaḥ pītaḥ asitaḥ raktaḥ pracyādiṣu yathākramam
16.
And because its form is like a dish, it is thirty-two (thousand yojanas) wide at its summit. Its colors are white, yellow, black, and red, respectively, in the eastern and other directions.
Words meanings summery:
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- शरावसंस्थितत्वात् (śarāvasaṁsthitatvāt) - because its form is like a dish (because of being shaped like a dish/cup)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- द्वात्रिंशत् (dvātriṁśat) - thirty-two (thousand yojanas) (thirty-two)
- मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - at the summit (of the mountain) (on the head, at the top, on the summit)
- विस्तृतः (vistṛtaḥ) - wide (spread, extended, wide)
- शुक्लः (śuklaḥ) - white (color) (white, bright)
- पीतः (pītaḥ) - yellow (color) (yellow, drunk)
- असितः (asitaḥ) - black (color) (black, not tied)
- रक्तः (raktaḥ) - red (color) (red, colored, attached)
- प्रच्यादिषु (pracyādiṣu) - in the eastern and other directions (East, South, West, North) (in the eastern and so on (directions))
- यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - respectively, in due order (in order, respectively)
Words meanings and morphology
शरावसंस्थितत्वात् (śarāvasaṁsthitatvāt) - because its form is like a dish (because of being shaped like a dish/cup)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of śarāvasaṃsthitattva
śarāvasaṁsthitattva - the state of being arranged/shaped like a dish/cup
derived from śarāvasaṃsthita + tva (suffix for abstract noun)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarāva+saṃsthita+tva)
- śarāva – dish, cup, bowl
noun (masculine) - saṃsthita – situated, arranged, formed
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
derived from root sthā with sam prefix
Prefix: sam
Root: sthā (class 1) - tva – suffix for abstract noun (state of being)
suffix (neuter)
Note: used adverbially to denote cause
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
द्वात्रिंशत् (dvātriṁśat) - thirty-two (thousand yojanas) (thirty-two)
(numeral)
Note: used here adjectivally to quantify width
मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - at the summit (of the mountain) (on the head, at the top, on the summit)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan
mūrdhan - head, skull, top, summit
विस्तृतः (vistṛtaḥ) - wide (spread, extended, wide)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vistṛta
vistṛta - 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'
शुक्लः (śuklaḥ) - white (color) (white, bright)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śukla
śukla - white, bright, pure, clear
Root: śuc (class 1)
Note: refers to the color of Meru
पीतः (pītaḥ) - yellow (color) (yellow, drunk)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pīta
pīta - yellow, drunk, swallowed
Past Passive Participle
adjective meaning 'yellow' (not related to 'to drink')
असितः (asitaḥ) - black (color) (black, not tied)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of asita
asita - black, dark, untied
negation of sita (white) or sita (tied)
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sita)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable
negative prefix - sita – white, tied
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
रक्तः (raktaḥ) - red (color) (red, colored, attached)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of rakta
rakta - red, colored, dyed, attached, loved
Past Passive Participle
derived from root rañj
Root: rañj (class 1)
प्रच्यादिषु (pracyādiṣu) - in the eastern and other directions (East, South, West, North) (in the eastern and so on (directions))
(noun)
Locative, masculine, plural of pracyādi
pracyādi - beginning with the East, eastern etc.
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prācī+ādi)
- prācī – east, eastern direction
noun (feminine) - ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
noun (masculine)
यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - respectively, in due order (in order, respectively)
(indeclinable)
avyayībhāva compound from yathā + krama
Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+krama)
- yathā – as, just as, according to
indeclinable - krama – order, sequence, step
noun (masculine)