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 11.59

प्रस्थितायां ततो देव्यामाह मां पद्मदेविका ।
इयं प्रसाध्यते यावत्तावदास्तां भवानिति ॥ ५९ ॥

prasthitāyāṃ tato devyāmāha māṃ padmadevikā |
iyaṃ prasādhyate yāvattāvadāstāṃ bhavāniti || 59 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 11.59 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 (11.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prasthita, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Devi, Devya, Ahan, Asmad, Padma, Devika, Iyam, Idam, Prasadhya, Yushmad, Yavattavat, Bhava, Bhavant, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “prasthitāyāṃ tato devyāmāha māṃ padmadevikā
  • prasthitāyām -
  • prasthitā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • devyām -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    dīv -> devyā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √dīv]
  • āha -
  • āhan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ah (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third single]
  • mām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • padma -
  • padma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    padma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • devikā -
  • devikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “iyaṃ prasādhyate yāvattāvadāstāṃ bhavāniti
  • iyam -
  • iyam (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prasādhya -
  • prasādhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prasādhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • yāvattāvad -
  • yāvattāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvattāvat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yāvattāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • āstām -
  • ās (verb class 2)
    [imperative middle third single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third dual]
  • bhavān -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative 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 11.59

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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