Naishadha-charita [sanskrit]

by K.K. Handiqui | 1965 | 29,064 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Naishadha-charita referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. The Naishadha-charita is one of the mahakavyas (great epic poems) and deals with the famous story Of Nala and Damayanti, as found in the Mahabharata.

Verse 17.180

मौञ्जीधृतो धृताषाढानाशशङ्के स वर्णिनः ।
रज्ज्वामी बन्द्धुमायान्ति हन्तुं दण्डेन मां ततः ॥ १८० ॥

mauñjīdhṛto dhṛtāṣāḍhānāśaśaṅke sa varṇinaḥ |
rajjvāmī banddhumāyānti hantuṃ daṇḍena māṃ tataḥ || 180 ||

The English translation of Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 17.180 is contained in the book Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa (An old and Rare Book) by K.K. Handiqui. 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 (17.180). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Maunji, Maunjin, Dhrit, Dhrita, Ashadha, Asha, Shanka, Varnin, Rajju, Ayat, Hantu, Danda, Asmad, Tatah, Tad, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 17.180). 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: “mauñjīdhṛto dhṛtāṣāḍhānāśaśaṅke sa varṇinaḥ
  • mauñjī -
  • mauñjī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    mauñjin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dhṛto* -
  • dhṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dhṛtā -
  • dhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhṛt (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    dhṛt (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    dhṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṣāḍhān -
  • aṣāḍha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • āśa -
  • āśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaṅke -
  • śaṅka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śaṅkā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śaṅk (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • varṇinaḥ -
  • varṇin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    varṇin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “rajjvāmī banddhumāyānti hantuṃ daṇḍena māṃ tataḥ
  • rajjvām -
  • rajju (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • ī -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • banddhum -
  • bandh -> banddhum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √bandh]
    bandh -> banddhum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √bandh]
    bandh -> banddhum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √bandh]
  • āyānti -
  • āyāt (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hantum -
  • han -> hantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √han]
    han -> hantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √han]
    hantu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • daṇḍena -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • mām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative 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]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 17.180

Cover of edition (1989)

Philosophical Reflections in the Naisadhacarita
by Harekrishna Meher (1989)

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Cover of edition (2016)

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by Deven M. Patel (2016)

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Cover of edition (2013)

Naishadhiya Charitam of Mahakavi Shri Harsha
by Dr. Devarshi Sanadhya Shastri (2013)

Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; Set of 2 Volumes ; Krishnadas Sanskrit Series 52; Includes Jivatu Commentary of Mallinath and Candrika Hindi Commentary

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Cover of edition (2015)

Nala and Damayanti
by B.N. Goswamy (2015)

A Great Series of Paintings of An Old Indian Romance; Foreword by Karan Sing.

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