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 20.99

तं च प्रेतमसौ दृष्ट्वा साधितादेशमागतम् ।
गुरुहर्षवि/आलाक्षी कर्मशेषं समापयत् ॥ ९९ ॥

taṃ ca pretamasau dṛṣṭvā sādhitādeśamāgatam |
guruharṣavi/ālākṣī karmaśeṣaṃ samāpayat || 99 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 20.99 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 (20.99). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Preta, Asi, Asu, Adah, Sadhita, Adesha, Agata, Karmasha, Ish, Isha, Samapa, Yat, Yad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “taṃ ca pretamasau dṛṣṭvā sādhitādeśamāgatam
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pretam -
  • preta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    preta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pretā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    pre (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • asau -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • sādhitā -
  • sādhita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sādhita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sidh -> sādhita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √sidh]
    sādhitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sidh -> sādhita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √sidh]
    sādh (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    sādh (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    sādh (verb class 5)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • adeśam -
  • adeśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • āgatam -
  • āgata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āgata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āgatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ag (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second dual]
  • Line 2: “guruharṣavi/ālākṣī karmaśeṣaṃ samāpayat
  • Cannot analyse guruharṣavi/ālākṣī*ka
  • karmaśe -
  • karmaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
  • iṣam -
  • iṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    iṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    iṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    iṣan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    iṣ (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    iṣ (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • samāpa -
  • samāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 20.99

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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