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 11.5

सोऽब्रवीन्नृत्यगीतादिकलाशास्त्रविशारदः ।
गोमुखः स च यामाह सा पूर्वं नृत्यतामिति ॥ ५ ॥

so'bravīnnṛtyagītādikalāśāstraviśāradaḥ |
gomukhaḥ sa ca yāmāha sā pūrvaṃ nṛtyatāmiti || 5 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 11.5 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (11.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sah, Nrityagita, Adika, Shastravisharada, Gomukha, Yama, Yaman, Aha, Purvam, Purva, Nrityat, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “so'bravīnnṛtyagītādikalāśāstraviśāradaḥ
  • so' -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abravīn -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • nṛtyagītā -
  • nṛtyagīta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adika -
  • adika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śāstraviśāradaḥ -
  • śāstraviśārada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “gomukhaḥ sa ca yāmāha pūrvaṃ nṛtyatāmiti
  • gomukhaḥ -
  • gomukha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yāmā -
  • yāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    yāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yāmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • aha -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nṛtyatām -
  • nṛt -> nṛtyat (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √nṛt class 4 verb]
    nṛt -> nṛtyat (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √nṛt class 4 verb]
    nṛt (verb class 4)
    [imperative active third dual], [imperative passive third single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 11.5

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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