Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha [sanskrit]

35,982 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha: an epic story in the form of a narrative detailling Naravahanadatta’s quest to become the emperor of the Vidyadharas. Similair to the Kathasaritsagara, the Brhatkathaslokasamgraha also represents one of the several abridgements of the “Great Story” (Brihatkatha), said to have originally consisted of 700,000 shlokas (metrical verses). Alternative titles: Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha (बृहत्कथाश्लोकसंग्रह), Bṛhatkathāślokasaṅgraha (बृहत्कथाश्लोकसङ्ग्रह), Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha (बृहत्-कथा-श्लोक-संग्रह), Brihatkathashlokasamgraha, Brhatkathaslokasangraha, Brhat-katha-sloka-samgraha (sangraha).

Verse 5.220

आलेख्यविद्याधरयोर्यथा संमुखयोस्तयोः ।
महान् कालोऽतियाति स्म निमेषोज्झितचक्षुषोः ॥ २२० ॥

ālekhyavidyādharayoryathā saṃmukhayostayoḥ |
mahān kālo'tiyāti sma nimeṣojjhitacakṣuṣoḥ || 220 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 5.220 is contained in the book Brihat Katha Shloka Samgraha (Hindi translation) by Shri Budhaswami (श्री बुधस्वामी). This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! Sanskrit text by Shri Budhaswami (श्री बुधस्वामी) (1990)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.220). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Alekhya, Vidyadhara, Yatha, Mukha, Tad, Maha, Mahat, Kala, Ati, Yat, Yati, Sma, Nimesha, Ujjhita, Cakshus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “ālekhyavidyādharayoryathā saṃmukhayostayoḥ
  • ālekhya -
  • ālekhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ālekhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidyādharayor -
  • vidyādhara (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    vidyādhara (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    vidyādharā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mukhayos -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • tayoḥ -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • Line 2: “mahān kālo'tiyāti sma nimeṣojjhitacakṣuṣoḥ
  • mahān -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • kālo' -
  • kāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ati -
  • ati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    ati (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • yāti -
  • yāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    yāt (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yāt (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • sma -
  • sma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • nimeṣo -
  • nimeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ujjhita -
  • ujjhita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ujjhita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ujjh -> ujjhita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ujjh class 6 verb]
    ujjh -> ujjhita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ujjh class 6 verb]
  • cakṣuṣoḥ -
  • cakṣus (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    cakṣus (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 5.220

Cover of edition (2019)

The Katha Sarit Sagara: The Ocean of the Streams of Story (2 Volumes)
by C.H. Tawney (2019)

1412 pages; (Translated from the Original Sanskrit); [Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Lt.]; ISBN: 9788121505017

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