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 18.144

जीवत्येव मृता तात माता मित्रवती तव ।
स्पृहयत्यनपत्याभ्यो या स्त्रीभ्यः पुत्रवत्यपि ॥ १४४ ॥

jīvatyeva mṛtā tāta mātā mitravatī tava |
spṛhayatyanapatyābhyo yā strībhyaḥ putravatyapi || 144 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 18.144 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 (18.144). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jivat, Eva, Mrita, Tata, Mata, Mitravat, Mitravati, Yushmad, Sprihayat, Anapatya, Stri, Putravat, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “jīvatyeva mṛtā tāta mātā mitravatī tava
  • jīvatye -
  • jīvat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jīvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mṛtā -
  • mṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mṛ -> mṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
  • tāta -
  • tāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mātā* -
  • māta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mitravatī -
  • mitravatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    mitravat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tava -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “spṛhayatyanapatyābhyo strībhyaḥ putravatyapi
  • spṛhayatya -
  • spṛh -> spṛhayat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √spṛh class 10 verb]
    spṛh -> spṛhayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √spṛh class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √spṛh class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √spṛh class 10 verb], [locative single from √spṛh class 10 verb]
    spṛh (verb class 10)
    [present active third single]
  • anapatyābhyo* -
  • anapatyā (noun, feminine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • strībhyaḥ -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • putravatya -
  • putravat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    putravat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 18.144

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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