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 20.372

अहो नगरवासित्वं देवरेण प्रकाशितम् ।
महासाहसमारब्धमात्मानं येन रक्षता ॥ ३७२ ॥

aho nagaravāsitvaṃ devareṇa prakāśitam |
mahāsāhasamārabdhamātmānaṃ yena rakṣatā || 372 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 20.372 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 (20.372). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahan, Nagaravasin, Tva, Yushmad, Devara, Prakashita, Mahasahasa, Arabdha, Atman, Yena, Yah, Yat, Rakshat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “aho nagaravāsitvaṃ devareṇa prakāśitam
  • aho* -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ahar (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    has (verb class 1)
    [aorist active second single]
  • nagaravāsi -
  • nagaravāsin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nagaravāsin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • devareṇa -
  • devara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • prakāśitam -
  • prakāśita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prakāśita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prakāśitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “mahāsāhasamārabdhamātmānaṃ yena rakṣatā
  • mahāsāhasam -
  • mahāsāhasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ārabdham -
  • ārabdha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ārabdha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ārabdhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātmānam -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • rakṣatā -
  • rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]
    rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 20.372

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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