Naishadha-charita [sanskrit]

by K.K. Handiqui | 1965 | 29,064 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Naishadha-charita referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. The Naishadha-charita is one of the mahakavyas (great epic poems) and deals with the famous story Of Nala and Damayanti, as found in the Mahabharata.

Verse 22.147

आस्यं शीतमयूखमण्डलगुणानाकृष्य ते निर्मितं शङ्के सुन्दरि शर्वरीपरिवृढस्तेनैष दोषाकरः ।
आदायेन्दुमृगादपीह निहिते पश्यामि सारं दृशौ त्वद्वक्त्रे सति वा विधौ धृतिमयं दध्यादनन्धः कुतः ॥ १४७ ॥

āsyaṃ śītamayūkhamaṇḍalaguṇānākṛṣya te nirmitaṃ śaṅke sundari śarvarīparivṛḍhastenaiṣa doṣākaraḥ |
ādāyendumṛgādapīha nihite paśyāmi sāraṃ dṛśau tvadvaktre sati vā vidhau dhṛtimayaṃ dadhyādanandhaḥ kutaḥ || 147 ||

The English translation of Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 22.147 is contained in the book Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa (An old and Rare Book) by K.K. Handiqui. 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 (22.147). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asya, Shitamayukha, Anda, Guna, Akrishya, Tad, Yushmad, Nirmita, Shanka, Sundari, Sharvari, Sharvarin, Parivridha, Tena, Aisha, Doshakara, Ada, Adaya, Indu, Ric, Api, Iha, Nihita, Pashya, Amin, Sara, Drisha, Drishi, Drish, Vaktri, Vaktra, Sat, Sati, Var, Vidh, Vidha, Vidhi, Vidhu, Dhritimaya, Anandha, Kutah, Kuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 22.147). 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: “āsyaṃ śītamayūkhamaṇḍalaguṇānākṛṣya te nirmitaṃ śaṅke sundari śarvarīparivṛḍhastenaiṣa doṣākaraḥ
  • āsyam -
  • āsya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āsyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √ās]
    ās -> āsyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √as]
    as -> āsyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √as]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ās], [accusative single from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √as], [accusative single from √as]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • śītamayūkham -
  • śītamayūkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • aṇḍa -
  • aṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • la -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • guṇān -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ākṛṣya -
  • ākṛṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ākṛṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • nirmitam -
  • nirmita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nirmita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nirmitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śaṅke -
  • śaṅka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śaṅkā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śaṅk (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • sundari -
  • sundarī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • śarvarī -
  • śarvarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śarvarin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • parivṛḍhas -
  • parivṛḍha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tenai -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • aiṣa -
  • aiṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • doṣākaraḥ -
  • doṣākara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ādāyendumṛgādapīha nihite paśyāmi sāraṃ dṛśau tvadvaktre sati vidhau dhṛtimayaṃ dadhyādanandhaḥ kutaḥ
  • ādāye -
  • ādāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ādāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    āda (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    āda (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    ādāyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • indum -
  • indu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ṛg -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ād -
  • āt (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • apī -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • nihite -
  • nihita (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    nihita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nihitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • paśyā -
  • paśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √paś class 10 verb]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sāram -
  • sāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sṛ]
    sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sṛ]
  • dṛśau -
  • dṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dṛśi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    dṛś (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dṛś (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tvad -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative single]
  • vaktre -
  • vaktṛ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vaktra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vaktra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vaktrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sati -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vidhau -
  • vidh (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vidha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vidhu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vidhu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • dhṛtimayam -
  • dhṛtimaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhṛtimaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dadhyād -
  • dhā (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • anandhaḥ -
  • anandha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kutaḥ -
  • kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kutaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kuta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 22.147

Cover of edition (1989)

Philosophical Reflections in the Naisadhacarita
by Harekrishna Meher (1989)

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Cover of edition (2016)

The Naisadhiyacarita and Literary Community in South Asia
by Deven M. Patel (2016)

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Cover of edition (2013)

Naishadhiya Charitam of Mahakavi Shri Harsha
by Dr. Devarshi Sanadhya Shastri (2013)

Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; Set of 2 Volumes ; Krishnadas Sanskrit Series 52; Includes Jivatu Commentary of Mallinath and Candrika Hindi Commentary

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Cover of edition (2015)

Nala and Damayanti
by B.N. Goswamy (2015)

A Great Series of Paintings of An Old Indian Romance; Foreword by Karan Sing.

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