The Guinness World Record for the longest word in any language goes to a word in a Sanskrit text. The word is from a Sanskrit literary work "वरदाम्बिक परिणय चम्पु" of Tirumalamba. The work dates back to the sixteenth century. The work describes the marriage of Emperor Achyuta Deva Raya, the then emperor of VIjayanagara Empire.
Our word comes in one of the pages in the chapter on the Tuṇḍīra country (aka Thondaimandalam in Tamil Nadu, of which the capital is Kanchi). The chapter reads:
On the way, he passed through the Tuṇḍīra country.
The chapter takes up 130 lines of English translation.
The reason it takes up 130 lines is, "the Tuṇḍīra country" is preceded by 25 accusative adjectives, and followed by three more.
Here is the description of the word :
निरन्तरान्धकारितादिगन्तरकन्दलदमन्दसुधारसबिन्दुसान्द्रतरघनाघनवृन्दसन्देहकरस्यन्दमानमकरन्दबिन्दुबन्धुरतरमाकन्दतरुकुलतल्पकल्पमृदुलसिकताजालजटिलमूलतलमरुवकमिलदलघुलघुलयकलितरमणीयपानीयशालिकाबालिकाकरारविन्दगलन्तिकागलदेलालवङ्गपाटलघनसारकस्तूरिकातिसौरभमेदुरलघुतरमधुरशीतलतरसलिलधारानिराकरिष्णुतदीयविमलविलोचनमयूखरेखापसारितपिपासायासपथिकलोकान्
English transliteration :
nirantarāndhakāritādigantarakandaladamandasudhārasabindusāndrataraghanāghanavr̥ndasandehakarasyandamānamakarandabindubandhurataramākandatarukulatalpakalpamr̥dulasikatājālajaṭilamūlatalamaruvakamiladalaghulaghulayakalitaramaṇīyapānīyaśālikābālikākarāravindagalantikāgaladelālavaṅgapāṭalaghanasārakastūrikātisaurabhameduralaghutaramadhuraśītalatarasaliladhārānirākariṣṇutadīyavimalavilocanamayūkharekhāpasāritapipāsāyāsapathikalokān
Translation :
"In it, the distress, caused by thirst, to travellers was alleviated by clusters of rays of the bright eyes of the girls; the rays that were shaming the currents of light, sweet and cold water charged with the strong fragrance of cardamom, clove, saffron, camphor and musk and flowing out of the pitchers (held in) the lotus-like hands of maidens (seated in) the beautiful water-sheds, made of the thick roots of Andropogon muricatus mixed with Marjoram, (and built near) the foot, covered with heaps of couch-like soft sand, of the clusters of newly sprouting mango trees, which constantly darkened the intermediate space of the quarters, and which looked all the more charming on account of the trickling drops of the floral juice, which thus caused the delusion of a row of thick rainy clouds, densely filled with abundant nectar."
Our word comes in one of the pages in the chapter on the Tuṇḍīra country (aka Thondaimandalam in Tamil Nadu, of which the capital is Kanchi). The chapter reads:
On the way, he passed through the Tuṇḍīra country.
The chapter takes up 130 lines of English translation.
The reason it takes up 130 lines is, "the Tuṇḍīra country" is preceded by 25 accusative adjectives, and followed by three more.
Here is the description of the word :
निरन्तरान्धकारितादिगन्तरकन्दलदमन्दसुधारसबिन्दुसान्द्रतरघनाघनवृन्दसन्देहकरस्यन्दमानमकरन्दबिन्दुबन्धुरतरमाकन्दतरुकुलतल्पकल्पमृदुलसिकताजालजटिलमूलतलमरुवकमिलदलघुलघुलयकलितरमणीयपानीयशालिकाबालिकाकरारविन्दगलन्तिकागलदेलालवङ्गपाटलघनसारकस्तूरिकातिसौरभमेदुरलघुतरमधुरशीतलतरसलिलधारानिराकरिष्णुतदीयविमलविलोचनमयूखरेखापसारितपिपासायासपथिकलोकान्
English transliteration :
nirantarāndhakāritādigantarakandaladamandasudhārasabindusāndrataraghanāghanavr̥ndasandehakarasyandamānamakarandabindubandhurataramākandatarukulatalpakalpamr̥dulasikatājālajaṭilamūlatalamaruvakamiladalaghulaghulayakalitaramaṇīyapānīyaśālikābālikākarāravindagalantikāgaladelālavaṅgapāṭalaghanasārakastūrikātisaurabhameduralaghutaramadhuraśītalatarasaliladhārānirākariṣṇutadīyavimalavilocanamayūkharekhāpasāritapipāsāyāsapathikalokān
Translation :
"In it, the distress, caused by thirst, to travellers was alleviated by clusters of rays of the bright eyes of the girls; the rays that were shaming the currents of light, sweet and cold water charged with the strong fragrance of cardamom, clove, saffron, camphor and musk and flowing out of the pitchers (held in) the lotus-like hands of maidens (seated in) the beautiful water-sheds, made of the thick roots of Andropogon muricatus mixed with Marjoram, (and built near) the foot, covered with heaps of couch-like soft sand, of the clusters of newly sprouting mango trees, which constantly darkened the intermediate space of the quarters, and which looked all the more charming on account of the trickling drops of the floral juice, which thus caused the delusion of a row of thick rainy clouds, densely filled with abundant nectar."
Great that it had come/originated in Dakshinapada.
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