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 28.78

कोऽन्यो निष्करुणस्तस्मात्त्वं येनोत्पलकोमला ।
दन्तिनेव महान्धेन मथिता पुण्डरीकिणी ॥ ७८ ॥

ko'nyo niṣkaruṇastasmāttvaṃ yenotpalakomalā |
dantineva mahāndhena mathitā puṇḍarīkiṇī || 78 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 28.78 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 (28.78). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Ani, Nishkaruna, Tasmat, Tad, Tva, Yushmad, Yena, Yah, Yat, Utpalaka, Mala, Dantin, Iva, Maha, Mahat, Dha, Dhena, Mathitri, Mathita, Pundarikini,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “ko'nyo niṣkaruṇastasmāttvaṃ yenotpalakomalā
  • ko' -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • anyo* -
  • anī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • niṣkaruṇas -
  • niṣkaruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tasmāt -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • yeno -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • utpalako -
  • utpalaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • malā -
  • malā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “dantineva mahāndhena mathitā puṇḍarīkiṇī
  • dantine -
  • dantin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    dantin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mahān -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • dhena -
  • dhena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    dha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • mathitā -
  • mathitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mathitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    manth -> mathitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √manth class 1 verb], [nominative single from √manth class 9 verb]
  • puṇḍarīkiṇī -
  • puṇḍarīkiṇī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    puṇḍarīkiṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 28.78

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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