Harivamsa [text] [sanskrit]

76,857 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Harivamsa, an important addition to the larger epic Mahabharata, existing in several editions. The text deals with the ancient Indian Solar and Lunar dynasties leading and recounts the history of Krishna.

Verse 20.3

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अनुत्तमं नाम तपो येन तप्तं महत्पुरा ।
त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यानीति हि नः श्रुतम् ॥ ३ ॥

anuttamaṃ nāma tapo yena taptaṃ mahatpurā |
trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi divyānīti hi naḥ śrutam || 3 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 20.3 is contained in the book Harivamsa Purana in 3 Volumes by Shanti Lal Nagar. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
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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 (20.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anuttama, Naman, Tap, Tapa, Tapas, Yena, Yah, Yat, Taptam, Tapta, Mahat, Pura, Pur, Varshasahasra, Divya, Iti, Asmad, Shrut, Shruta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 20.3). 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: “anuttamaṃ nāma tapo yena taptaṃ mahatpurā ”
anuttamam -
anuttama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anuttama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

anuttamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tapo* -
tapas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

tap (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

tap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

tapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
taptam -
taptam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tapta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tapta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

taptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√tap -> tapta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √tap class 1 verb], [accusative single from √tap class 4 verb]

√tap -> tapta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √tap class 1 verb], [accusative single from √tap class 1 verb], [nominative single from √tap class 4 verb], [accusative single from √tap class 4 verb]
mahat -
atimahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
purā -
purā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pur (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

purā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi divyānīti hi naḥ śrutam ”
Cannot analyse trīṇi*va
varṣasahasrāṇi -
varṣasahasra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
divyānī -
divya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
naḥ -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
śrutam -
śruta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śruta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śrutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śrut (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śrut (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]

√śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]