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 18.242

मातुलाद्धनमादाय यो जीवति समातृकः ।
ननु मातुलमात्रैव क्लीबसत्त्वः स जीव्यते ॥ २४२ ॥

mātulāddhanamādāya yo jīvati samātṛkaḥ |
nanu mātulamātraiva klībasattvaḥ sa jīvyate || 242 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 18.242 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 (18.242). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matula, Hana, Han, Ada, Adaya, Yah, Jivat, Samatrika, Nanu, Atra, Kliba, Sattva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “mātulāddhanamādāya yo jīvati samātṛkaḥ
  • mātulāddh -
  • mātula (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    mātula (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • hanam -
  • hana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    han (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ādāya -
  • ādāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ādāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āda (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    āda (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jīvati -
  • jīvat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jīvat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • samātṛkaḥ -
  • samātṛka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “nanu mātulamātraiva klībasattvaḥ sa jīvyate
  • nanu -
  • nanu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mātulam -
  • mātula (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mātula (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mātulā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātrai -
  • ātra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • klība -
  • klība (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    klība (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    klīb (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sattvaḥ -
  • sattva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jīvyate -
  • jīv (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 18.242

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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