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 20.240

यस्मिन्नदृष्टदुर्दर्शपांसुसंकारसंकटाः ।
निरवाच्यतला रथ्याः कूर्ददुद्दामतर्णकाः ॥ २४० ॥

yasminnadṛṣṭadurdarśapāṃsusaṃkārasaṃkaṭāḥ |
niravācyatalā rathyāḥ kūrdaduddāmatarṇakāḥ || 240 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 20.240 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 (20.240). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Adrishta, Durdarsha, Sankara, Sankata, Nirava, Las, Rathi, Rathya, Kurdat, Uddama, Tarnaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “yasminnadṛṣṭadurdarśapāṃsusaṃkārasaṃkaṭāḥ
  • yasminn -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • adṛṣṭa -
  • adṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dṛś (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle third single]
  • durdarśa -
  • durdarśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    durdarśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāṃsu -
  • pāṃsu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • saṅkāra -
  • saṅkāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṅkāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṅkaṭāḥ -
  • saṅkaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    saṅkaṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “niravācyatalā rathyāḥ kūrdaduddāmatarṇakāḥ
  • niravā -
  • nirava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    niravā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nirava (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ācyata -
  • ac (verb class 1)
    [imperfect passive third single]
    añc (verb class 1)
    [imperfect passive third single]
    añc (verb class 10)
    [imperfect passive third single]
  • lā* -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    las (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    lo (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • rathyāḥ -
  • rathī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    rathya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rathyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kūrdad -
  • kūrd -> kūrdat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kūrd class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kūrd class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kūrd class 1 verb]
  • uddāma -
  • uddāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    uddāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tarṇakāḥ -
  • tarṇaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 20.240

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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