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Mahabharata [sanskrit]
699,462 words | ISBN-10: 812150094X | ISBN-13: 9788121500944
The Sanskrit edition of the Mahabharata, one of the largest epic poems ever written, consisting of 100,000 metrical verses. Consisting of 18 books, the Mahabharata details the history and legends concerning ancient India (Bharata), including a major battle campaign involving the Kauravas and the Pandavas, also known as the Kurukshetra War. This portion also contains the Bhagavad-Gita. Alternative titles: Mahābhārata (महाभारत).
Verse 12.177.32
ह्रस्वो दीर्घस्तथा स्थूलश्चतुरस्रोऽणु वृत्तवान् ।
शुक्लः कृष्णस्तथा रक्तो नीलः पीतोऽरुणस्तथा ।
एवं द्वादशविस्तारो ज्योतीरूपगुणः स्मृतः ॥ ३२ ॥
hrasvo dīrghastathā sthūlaścaturasro'ṇu vṛttavān |
śuklaḥ kṛṣṇastathā rakto nīlaḥ pīto'ruṇastathā |
evaṃ dvādaśavistāro jyotīrūpaguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ || 32 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...creatures (for they are subjected to destruction). The original creation of all these flowed from the Supreme. Their second or succeeding creation is due to the action of couples or pairs (of opposite sexes...
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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 (12.177.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Hrasva, Dirgha, Tatha, Sthula, Caturasra, Anu, Vrittavat, Shukla, Krishna, Raktri, Rakta, Nila, Pita, Pitu, Aruna, Evam, Eva, Dvadasha, Dvadashan, Vistara, Jyotirupa, Guna, Smrita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.177.32). 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: “hrasvo dīrghastathā sthūlaścaturasro'ṇu vṛttavān ”
- hrasvo* -
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hrasva (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dīrghas -
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dīrgha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- sthūlaś -
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sthūla (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- caturasro' -
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caturasra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- aṇu -
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aṇu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]aṇu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]aṇu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- vṛttavān -
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vṛttavat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vṛt -> vṛttavat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
- Line 2: “śuklaḥ kṛṣṇastathā rakto nīlaḥ pīto'ruṇastathā ”
- śuklaḥ -
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śukla (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kṛṣṇas -
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kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tathā* -
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tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tatha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- rakto* -
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raktṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]rakta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√rag -> rakta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √rag class 1 verb]√raj -> rakta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √raj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √raj class 4 verb]√rañj -> rakta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rañj class 4 verb]
- nīlaḥ -
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nīla (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pīto' -
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pīta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pītu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√pā -> pīta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √pā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pā class 2 verb]√pā -> pīta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √pā class 3 verb]√pai -> pīta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √pai class 1 verb]√pi -> pīta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √pi class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pi class 2 verb], [nominative single from √pi class 3 verb]√pī -> pīta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √pī class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pī class 2 verb], [nominative single from √pī class 3 verb], [nominative single from √pī class 4 verb]√pī (verb class 2)[present active third dual]
- aruṇas -
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aruṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√rudh (verb class 7)[imperfect active second single]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 3: “evaṃ dvādaśavistāro jyotīrūpaguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dvādaśa -
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dvādaśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dvādaśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dvādaśan (noun, masculine)[compound]dvādaśan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vistāro* -
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vistāra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jyotīrūpa -
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jyotīrūpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jyotīrūpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- guṇaḥ -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- smṛtaḥ -
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smṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.177.32
The complete Mahabharata (12 Volumes)
by Kisari Mohan Ganguly (2013)
4900 pages; [Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.] ISBN: 812150094X or 9788121500944;
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The Mahabharata in Kannada (Set of 32 Volumes)
by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)
ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.177.32 in Kannada sript:
ಹ್ರಸ್ವೋ ದೀರ್ಘಸ್ತಥಾ ಸ್ಥೂಲಶ್ಚತುರಸ್ರೋಽಣು ವೃತ್ತವಾನ್ ।
ಶುಕ್ಲಃ ಕೃಷ್ಣಸ್ತಥಾ ರಕ್ತೋ ನೀಲಃ ಪೀತೋಽರುಣಸ್ತಥಾ ।
ಏವಂ ದ್ವಾದಶವಿಸ್ತಾರೋ ಜ್ಯೋತೀರೂಪಗುಣಃ ಸ್ಮೃತಃ ॥ ೩೨ ॥
The Complete Mahabharata (9 volumes)
by M. N. Dutt (2008)
6415 pages; Sanskrit Text with English Translation; [Edited By: Dr. Ishwar Chandra Sharma & Dr. O.N. Bimali] [Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.]
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Mahabharata (Hindi Translation, Six Volumes)
by Sahityacharya Pandit Ramnarayandutt Shastri Pandey "Ram" (2017)
7350 pages; [महाभारत] [Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur] 44 Color and Black/white illustrations.
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The Mahabharata in Bengali (Two Volumes)
by Akshay Library, Kolkata (2019)
3049 pages; [মহাভারত] [মহার্ষী বদভ্যাস (Maharishi Vedvyas)]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.177.32 in Bengali sript:
হ্রস্বো দীর্ঘস্তথা স্থূলশ্চতুরস্রোঽণু বৃত্তবান্ ।
শুক্লঃ কৃষ্ণস্তথা রক্তো নীলঃ পীতোঽরুণস্তথা ।
এবং দ্বাদশবিস্তারো জ্যোতীরূপগুণঃ স্মৃতঃ ॥ ৩২ ॥
Mahabharat in Gujarati (20 Volumes)
by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)
14252 pages; [મહાભારત] [Publisher: Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd, Rajkot]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.177.32 in Gujarati sript:
હ્રસ્વો દીર્ઘસ્તથા સ્થૂલશ્ચતુરસ્રોઽણુ વૃત્તવાન્ ।
શુક્લઃ કૃષ્ણસ્તથા રક્તો નીલઃ પીતોઽરુણસ્તથા ।
એવં દ્વાદશવિસ્તારો જ્યોતીરૂપગુણઃ સ્મૃતઃ ॥ ૩૨ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.177.32 in Malayalam sript:
ഹ്രസ്വോ ദീര്ഘസ്തഥാ സ്ഥൂലശ്ചതുരസ്രോഽണു വൃത്തവാന് ।
ശുക്ലഃ കൃഷ്ണസ്തഥാ രക്തോ നീലഃ പീതോഽരുണസ്തഥാ ।
ഏവം ദ്വാദശവിസ്താരോ ജ്യോതീരൂപഗുണഃ സ്മൃതഃ ॥ ൩൨ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.177.32 in Telugu sript:
హ్రస్వో దీర్ఘస్తథా స్థూలశ్చతురస్రోఽణు వృత్తవాన్ ।
శుక్లః కృష్ణస్తథా రక్తో నీలః పీతోఽరుణస్తథా ।
ఏవం ద్వాదశవిస్తారో జ్యోతీరూపగుణః స్మృతః ॥ ౩౨ ॥