मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-80, verse-5
सुतपाश्चामिताभाश्च मुख्याश्चैव त्रिधा सुराः ।
विंशकः कथिताश्चैषां त्रयाणां त्रिगुणो गणः ॥५॥
विंशकः कथिताश्चैषां त्रयाणां त्रिगुणो गणः ॥५॥
5. sutapāścāmitābhāśca mukhyāścaiva tridhā surāḥ .
viṃśakaḥ kathitāścaiṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ triguṇo gaṇaḥ.
viṃśakaḥ kathitāścaiṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ triguṇo gaṇaḥ.
5.
sutapāḥ ca amitābhāḥ ca mukhyāḥ ca eva tridhā surāḥ
viṃśakaḥ kathitāḥ ca eṣām trayāṇām triguṇaḥ gaṇaḥ
viṃśakaḥ kathitāḥ ca eṣām trayāṇām triguṇaḥ gaṇaḥ
5.
The Sutapas, Amitabhas, and the principal ones (mukhyas) are indeed gods, divided into three categories. A group of twenty is declared, and for these three (categories), the total host (gaṇa) is threefold.
Words meanings summery:
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- सुतपाः (sutapāḥ) - A specific class of deities called Sutapas (Sutapas (a class of deities or a proper name); one who has performed good asceticism (tapas))
- च (ca) - and, also, moreover
- अमिताभाः (amitābhāḥ) - A specific class of deities called Amitabhas (Amitabhas (a class of deities); possessing endless luster)
- च (ca) - and, also, moreover
- मुख्याः (mukhyāḥ) - The principal deities (principal, chief, foremost)
- च (ca) - and, also, moreover
- एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only
- त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways, threefold
- सुराः (surāḥ) - gods, deities
- विंशकः (viṁśakaḥ) - a group of twenty
- कथिताः (kathitāḥ) - said, declared, told
- च (ca) - and, also, moreover
- एषाम् (eṣām) - Of these (three categories of gods) (of these, among these)
- त्रयाणाम् (trayāṇām) - Of the three (categories) (of three)
- त्रिगुणः (triguṇaḥ) - Three times (the number, i.e., 3 x 20 = 60) (threefold, having three qualities)
- गणः (gaṇaḥ) - host, multitude, group, troop
Words meanings and morphology
सुतपाः (sutapāḥ) - A specific class of deities called Sutapas (Sutapas (a class of deities or a proper name); one who has performed good asceticism (tapas))
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sutapas
sutapas - Sutapas (a class of deities); good asceticism, great spiritual fervor
Note: Original base form: sutapas. Declined as sutapāḥ in nominative plural (or singular, depending on context).
च (ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
अमिताभाः (amitābhāḥ) - A specific class of deities called Amitabhas (Amitabhas (a class of deities); possessing endless luster)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of amitābha
amitābha - Amitabhas (a class of deities); having endless lustre or splendor
च (ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
मुख्याः (mukhyāḥ) - The principal deities (principal, chief, foremost)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mukhya
mukhya - principal, chief, foremost
Note: Used as a noun meaning 'the principal ones'.
च (ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only
(indeclinable)
त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways, threefold
(indeclinable)
Formed with the suffix -dhā
सुराः (surāḥ) - gods, deities
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sura
sura - god, deity
विंशकः (viṁśakaḥ) - a group of twenty
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of viṃśaka
viṁśaka - a group of twenty, consisting of twenty
From viṃśati (twenty) + ka suffix
कथिताः (kathitāḥ) - said, declared, told
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kathita
kathita - said, declared, spoken, told
Past Passive Participle
Formed from the root kath (to tell, speak)
Root: kath (class 10)
च (ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
एषाम् (eṣām) - Of these (three categories of gods) (of these, among these)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of idam
idam - this, these
त्रयाणाम् (trayāṇām) - Of the three (categories) (of three)
(numeral)
त्रिगुणः (triguṇaḥ) - Three times (the number, i.e., 3 x 20 = 60) (threefold, having three qualities)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of triguṇa
triguṇa - threefold, having three qualities, three times
Compound type : dvigu (tri+guṇa)
- tri – three
numeral - guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent (of prakṛti)
noun (masculine)
गणः (gaṇaḥ) - host, multitude, group, troop
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of gaṇa
gaṇa - host, multitude, group, troop, category