मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-82, verse-47
कोटिकोटिसहस्रैस्तु रथानां दन्तिनां तथा ।
हयानाञ्च वृतो युद्धे तत्राभून्महिषासुरः ॥४७॥
हयानाञ्च वृतो युद्धे तत्राभून्महिषासुरः ॥४७॥
47. koṭikoṭisahasraistu rathānāṃ dantināṃ tathā .
hayānāñca vṛto yuddhe tatrābhūnmahiṣāsuraḥ.
hayānāñca vṛto yuddhe tatrābhūnmahiṣāsuraḥ.
47.
koṭikoṭisahasraiḥ tu rathānām dantinām tathā
hayānām ca vṛtaḥ yuddhe tatra abhūt mahiṣāsuraḥ
hayānām ca vṛtaḥ yuddhe tatra abhūt mahiṣāsuraḥ
47.
Mahishasura was present there in battle, surrounded by countless thousands of chariots, elephants, and horses.
Words meanings summery:
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- कोटिकोटिसहस्रैः (koṭikoṭisahasraiḥ) - by hundreds of millions of thousands, by innumerable thousands, by countless thousands
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, moreover
- रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots
- दन्तिनाम् (dantinām) - of elephants
- तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly
- हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses
- च (ca) - and
- वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded, covered, attended
- युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war
- तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place
- अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became
- महिषासुरः (mahiṣāsuraḥ) - Mahishasura (name of a demon)
Words meanings and morphology
कोटिकोटिसहस्रैः (koṭikoṭisahasraiḥ) - by hundreds of millions of thousands, by innumerable thousands, by countless thousands
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of koṭikoṭisahasra
koṭikoṭisahasra - hundreds of millions of thousands (lit. ten million * ten million * thousand)
Compound type : tatpurusha (koṭi+koṭi+sahasra)
- koṭi – ten million, a crore
noun (feminine) - koṭi – ten million, a crore
noun (feminine) - sahasra – thousand
noun (neuter)
तु (tu) - but, indeed, moreover
(indeclinable)
रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of ratha
ratha - chariot, car
Root: ramh
दन्तिनाम् (dantinām) - of elephants
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of dantin
dantin - elephant (lit. having teeth/tusks)
possessive suffix -in
Root: danś
तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly
(indeclinable)
हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of haya
haya - horse
from root √hī (to go) + a suffix
Root: hī
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded, covered, attended
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛta
vṛta - surrounded, covered, chosen
Past Passive Participle
from root √vṛ (to cover, choose)
Root: vṛ (class 5)
युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha
yuddha - battle, war, fight
from root √yudh + ta (ppp forming noun)
Root: yudh (class 4)
तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place
(indeclinable)
अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
महिषासुरः (mahiṣāsuraḥ) - Mahishasura (name of a demon)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mahiṣāsura
mahiṣāsura - Mahishasura (demon king, lit. 'buffalo demon')
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahiṣa+asura)
- mahiṣa – buffalo
noun (masculine) - asura – demon, evil spirit
noun (masculine)
Root: as (class 4)