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 20.378

स तु पापाखुरालम्ब्य संभ्रान्तव्याघ्रवालधिम् ।
मुषिकामवकर्ण्यैव गङ्गारोधः परागमत् ॥ ३७८ ॥

sa tu pāpākhurālambya saṃbhrāntavyāghravāladhim |
muṣikāmavakarṇyaiva gaṅgārodhaḥ parāgamat || 378 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 20.378 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 (20.378). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Papa, Akhu, Alambya, Sambhranta, Vyaghra, Valadhi, Mushika, Ama, Vaka, Rinin, Ganga, Paraga, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “sa tu pāpākhurālambya saṃbhrāntavyāghravāladhim
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pāpā -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ākhur -
  • ākhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ākhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ālambya -
  • ālambya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sambhrānta -
  • sambhrānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sambhrānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vyāghra -
  • vyāghra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāladhim -
  • vāladhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “muṣikāmavakarṇyaiva gaṅgārodhaḥ parāgamat
  • muṣikā -
  • muṣika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    muṣika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ama -
  • ama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vakar -
  • vaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vak (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṛṇyai -
  • ṛṇin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    ṛṇin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • gaṅgā -
  • gaṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gaṅgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arodhaḥ -
  • rudh (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • parāga -
  • parāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mat -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 20.378

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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