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 22.251

लोको हि प्राणसंदेहे प्राणधारणकारणम् ।
सर्वमप्युज्झति स्फीतं किमु ग्रन्थमनर्थकम् ॥ २५१ ॥

loko hi prāṇasaṃdehe prāṇadhāraṇakāraṇam |
sarvamapyujjhati sphītaṃ kimu granthamanarthakam || 251 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 22.251 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 (22.251). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Loka, Pranasandeha, Pranadharana, Karana, Sarvam, Sarva, Api, Ujjhat, Sphita, Grantha, Anarthaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 22.251). 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: “loko hi prāṇasaṃdehe prāṇadhāraṇakāraṇam
  • loko* -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • prāṇasandehe -
  • prāṇasandeha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • prāṇadhāraṇa -
  • prāṇadhāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāraṇam -
  • kāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “sarvamapyujjhati sphītaṃ kimu granthamanarthakam
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • apyu -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ujjhati -
  • ujjh -> ujjhat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ujjh class 6 verb]
    ujjh -> ujjhat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √ujjh class 6 verb]
    ujjhat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ujjhat (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    ujjhat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    ujjh (verb class 6)
    [present active third single]
  • sphītam -
  • sphīta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sphīta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sphītā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sphā -> sphīta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sphā class 1 verb]
    sphā -> sphīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sphā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sphā class 1 verb]
  • Cannot analyse kimu*gr
  • grantham -
  • grantha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • anarthakam -
  • anarthaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anarthaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anarthakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 22.251

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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