Harivamsa [appendix] [sanskrit]

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The Sanskrit edition of the Harivamsa [appendix version], an important addition to the larger epic Mahabharata, existing in several editions. The text deals with the ancient Indian Solar and Lunar dynasties leading and recounts the history of Krishna.

Verse 42A.227

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वैशंपायन उवाच प्रह्रादस्य ततः श्रूत्वा हिरण्यकशिपुर्वचः ॥ २२७ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca prahrādasya tataḥ śrūtvā hiraṇyakaśipurvacaḥ || 227 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 42A.227 is contained in the book Harivamsa Purana in 3 Volumes by Shanti Lal Nagar. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
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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 (42A.227). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Prahrada, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Hiranyakashipu, Vaca, Vacas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 42A.227). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca prahrādasya tataḥ śrūtvā hiraṇyakaśipurvacaḥ ”
vaiśampāyana* -
vaiśampāyana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
prahrādasya -
prahrāda (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
Cannot analyse śrūtvā*hi
hiraṇyakaśipur -
hiraṇyakaśipu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

hiraṇyakaśipu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vacaḥ -
vacas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vacas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vaca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]