मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-60, verse-11
मेरुस्तत्र महाशैलस्तदाख्यातमिलावृतम् ।
रम्यकं वर्षमस्माच्च कथयिष्ये निबोध तत् ॥११॥
रम्यकं वर्षमस्माच्च कथयिष्ये निबोध तत् ॥११॥
11. merustatra mahāśailastadākhyātamilāvṛtam .
ramyakaṃ varṣamasmācca kathayiṣye nibodha tat.
ramyakaṃ varṣamasmācca kathayiṣye nibodha tat.
11.
meruḥ tatra mahāśailaḥ tat ākhyātam ilāvṛtam
ramyakam varṣam asmāt ca kathayiṣye nibodha tat
ramyakam varṣam asmāt ca kathayiṣye nibodha tat
11.
There, the great mountain Meru is described as (the center of) Ilāvṛta. From this (region), I shall describe the Ramyaka region; listen to that.
Words meanings summery:
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- मेरुः (meruḥ) - Meru (a mythological mountain)
- तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place
- महाशैलः (mahāśailaḥ) - great mountain
- तत् (tat) - that
- आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - named, described
- इलावृतम् (ilāvṛtam) - Ilāvṛta (a region)
- रम्यकम् (ramyakam) - Ramyaka (a region)
- वर्षम् (varṣam) - region, continent
- अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this
- च (ca) - and
- कथयिष्ये (kathayiṣye) - I shall tell/narrate
- निबोध (nibodha) - understand, listen
- तत् (tat) - that
Words meanings and morphology
मेरुः (meruḥ) - Meru (a mythological mountain)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of meru
meru - Meru (a mythical mountain, often considered the center of the world)
तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place
(indeclinable)
महाशैलः (mahāśailaḥ) - great mountain
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāśaila
mahāśaila - a great mountain
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+śaila)
- mahā – great, large, mighty
adjective - śaila – mountain, rock
noun (masculine)
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - named, described
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāta
ākhyāta - named, called, proclaimed, told
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root √khyā with prefix ā-
Prefix: ā
Root: khyā
इलावृतम् (ilāvṛtam) - Ilāvṛta (a region)
(proper noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ilāvṛta
ilāvṛta - Ilāvṛta (name of one of the nine varṣas or continents, usually with Mount Meru at its center)
रम्यकम् (ramyakam) - Ramyaka (a region)
(proper noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of ramyaka
ramyaka - Ramyaka (name of a varṣa or region)
वर्षम् (varṣam) - region, continent
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of varṣa
varṣa - year, rain, region, division of the world
अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this
(pronoun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this, here
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
कथयिष्ये (kathayiṣye) - I shall tell/narrate
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kath
Causative of √kath (10th class)
Root: kath (class 10)
निबोध (nibodha) - understand, listen
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ni-budh
Prefix: ni
Root: budh (class 1)
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it