Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 3.36.29

काकका हेमकुड्याश्च तथा श्मश्रुधरा अपि ।
बलिग्रीवमहाग्रीवाः किष्किन्धा नालिकेरिणः ॥ २९ ॥

kākakā hemakuḍyāśca tathā śmaśrudharā api |
baligrīvamahāgrīvāḥ kiṣkindhā nālikeriṇaḥ || 29 ||

The Kakos or bald-headed and bearded people, and those of the Hema-kuta hills; the frizzled and long necked people, and the inhabitants of Kishkindha and cocoa forests.

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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 (3.36.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kaka, Hema, Heman, Kudi, Kudya, Tatha, Shmashrudhara, Api, Balin, Bali, Griva, Aha, Agri, Iva, Kishkindha, Nalikeri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.36.29). 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: “kākakā hemakuḍyāśca tathā śmaśrudharā api
  • kāka -
  • kāka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kā* -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hema -
  • hema (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hema (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    heman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    heman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kuḍyāś -
  • kuḍī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kuḍyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śmaśrudharā* -
  • śmaśrudhara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śmaśrudharā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “baligrīvamahāgrīvāḥ kiṣkindhā nālikeriṇaḥ
  • bali -
  • balin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    balin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bali (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    balī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    balī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    balī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • grīvam -
  • grīva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    grīvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ahā -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • agrī -
  • agri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ivā -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • kiṣkindhā* -
  • kiṣkindha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kiṣkindhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nālikeriṇaḥ -
  • nālikerī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.36.29

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.36.29 in Gujarati sript:
કાકકા હેમકુડ્યાશ્ચ તથા શ્મશ્રુધરા અપિ ।
બલિગ્રીવમહાગ્રીવાઃ કિષ્કિન્ધા નાલિકેરિણઃ ॥ ૨૯ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.36.29 in Telugu sript:
కాకకా హేమకుడ్యాశ్చ తథా శ్మశ్రుధరా అపి ।
బలిగ్రీవమహాగ్రీవాః కిష్కిన్ధా నాలికేరిణః ॥ ౨౯ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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