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 18.442

वंशान्पश्यथ यानस्याः परस्मिन् सरितस्तटे ।
अर्वाक्कूलं नुदत्येनान्पटुः परतटानिलः ॥ ४४२ ॥

vaṃśānpaśyatha yānasyāḥ parasmin saritastaṭe |
arvākkūlaṃ nudatyenānpaṭuḥ parataṭānilaḥ || 442 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 18.442 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 (18.442). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vamsha, Pashyat, Han, Yana, Para, Sarit, Sarita, Tata, Arvakkula, Nudat, Ena, Patu, Las,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “vaṃśānpaśyatha yānasyāḥ parasmin saritastaṭe
  • vaṃśān -
  • vaṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • paśyat -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yānasyā -
  • yāna (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yāna (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • parasmin -
  • para (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • saritas -
  • sarit (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sarita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • taṭe -
  • taṭa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    taṭ (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • Line 2: “arvākkūlaṃ nudatyenānpaṭuḥ parataṭānilaḥ
  • arvākkūlam -
  • arvākkūla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nudatye -
  • nud -> nudat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √nud class 6 verb]
    nud -> nudat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √nud class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √nud class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √nud class 6 verb], [locative single from √nud class 6 verb]
    nud (verb class 6)
    [present active third single]
  • enā -
  • enā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ān -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • paṭuḥ -
  • paṭu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • para -
  • para (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • taṭāni -
  • taṭ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • laḥ -
  • las (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    las (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    la (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 18.442

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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