Sanskrit quote nr. 1674 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अन्त्रैः कल्पितमङ्गलप्रतिसराः स्त्रीहस्तरक्तोत्पल- व्यक्तोत्तंसभृतः पिनह्य सहसा हृत्पुण्डरीकस्रजः ।
एताः शोणितपङ्ककुङ्कुमजुषः संभूय कान्तैः पिबन्त्य् अस्थिस्नेहसुराः कपालचषकैः प्रीताः पिशाचाङ्गनाः ॥

antraiḥ kalpitamaṅgalapratisarāḥ strīhastaraktotpala- vyaktottaṃsabhṛtaḥ pinahya sahasā hṛtpuṇḍarīkasrajaḥ |
etāḥ śoṇitapaṅkakuṅkumajuṣaḥ saṃbhūya kāntaiḥ pibanty asthisnehasurāḥ kapālacaṣakaiḥ prītāḥ piśācāṅganāḥ ||

Presented above is a Sanskrit aphorism, also known as a subhāṣita, which is at the very least, a literary piece of art. This page provides critical research material such as an anlaysis on the poetic meter used, an English translation, a glossary explaining technical terms, and a list of resources including print editions and digital links.

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: Consider this as an approximate extraction of glossary words based on an experimental segmentation of the Sanskrit verse. Some could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned.

Antra (अन्त्र): defined in 10 categories.
Kalpita (कल्पित): defined in 8 categories.
Anga (aṅga, अङ्ग): defined in 21 categories.
La (ल): defined in 10 categories.
Pratisara (प्रतिसर): defined in 7 categories.
Stri (strī, स्त्री): defined in 20 categories.
Hasta (हस्त): defined in 19 categories.
Raktotpala (रक्तोत्पल): defined in 7 categories.
Vyakta (व्यक्त, vyaktā, व्यक्ता): defined in 15 categories.
Uttamsa (uttaṃsa, उत्तंस): defined in 4 categories.
Bhrit (bhrt, bhṛt, भृत्): defined in 1 categories.
Bhrita (bhrta, bhṛta, भृत): defined in 5 categories.
Pinahya (पिनह्य): defined in 1 categories.
Sahasa (सहस, sahasā, सहसा): defined in 13 categories.
Hritpundarika (hrtpundarika, hṛtpuṇḍarīka, हृत्पुण्डरीक): defined in 2 categories.
Sraj (स्रज्): defined in 6 categories.
Sraja (स्रज): defined in 3 categories.
Eta (एत, etā, एता): defined in 5 categories.
Shonita (sonita, śoṇita, शोणित): defined in 13 categories.
Panka (paṅka, पङ्क): defined in 11 categories.
Kunkuma (kuṅkuma, कुङ्कुम): defined in 17 categories.
Jusha (jusa, juṣa, जुष): defined in 2 categories.
Sambhuya (sambhūya, सम्भूय): defined in 3 categories.
Kanta (kānta, कान्त): defined in 16 categories.
Asthisneha (अस्थिस्नेह): defined in 2 categories.
Sura (सुर, surā, सुरा): defined in 24 categories.
Kapala (kapāla, कपाल): defined in 17 categories.
Cashaka (casaka, caṣaka, चषक): defined in 7 categories.
Prita (prīta, प्रीत, prītā, प्रीता): defined in 7 categories.
Pishacangana (pisacangana, piśācāṅganā, पिशाचाङ्गना): defined in 1 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Hinduism, Jainism, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Kavya (poetry), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Buddhism, Yoga (school of philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Nepali, Shilpashastra (iconography), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Jain philosophy, Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy)

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit verse. 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: “antraiḥ kalpitamaṅgalapratisarāḥ strīhastaraktotpala- vyaktottaṃsabhṛtaḥ pinahya sahasā hṛtpuṇḍarīkasrajaḥ”
antraiḥ -
antra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kalpitam -
kalpita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kalpita (noun, neuter)

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

kalpitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kḷp], [accusative single from √kḷp]
aṅga -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
la -
la (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pratisarāḥ -
pratisara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
hasta -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
raktotpala -
raktotpala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

raktotpala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vyakto -
vyakta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vyakta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vyaktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uttaṃsa -
uttaṃsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhṛtaḥ -
bhṛt (noun, masculine)

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

bhṛt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

bhṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√bhṛ (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
pinahya -
pinahya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sahasā* -
sahasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sahasā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
srajaḥ -
sraj (noun, feminine)

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

sraj (noun, masculine)

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

sraj (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sraja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “etāḥ śoṇitapaṅkakuṅkumajuṣaḥ saṃbhūya kāntaiḥ pibanty asthisnehasurāḥ kapālacaṣakaiḥ prītāḥ piśācāṅganāḥ”
etāḥ -
eta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

etā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
śoṇita -
śoṇita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śoṇita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paṅka -
paṅka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paṅka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kuṅkuma -
kuṅkuma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
juṣaḥ -
juṣ (noun, masculine)

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

juṣ (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

juṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sambhūya -
sambhūya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāntaiḥ -
kānta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

kānta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√kam -> kānta (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √kam class 1 verb]

√kam -> kānta (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √kam class 1 verb]
Cannot analyse pibanty*as
asthisneha -
asthisneha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
surāḥ -
sura (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

surā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kapāla -
kapāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kapāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
caṣakaiḥ -
caṣaka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

caṣaka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
prītāḥ -
prīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prītā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√pre -> prīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √pre class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √pre class 2 verb]

√pre -> prītā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √pre class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √pre class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √pre class 2 verb]

√prī -> prīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √prī class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √prī class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √prī class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √prī class 9 verb]

√prī -> prītā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √prī class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √prī class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √prī class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √prī class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √prī class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √prī class 9 verb]
piśācāṅganāḥ -
piśācāṅganā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

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This quote is included within the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha (महासुभाषितसंग्रह, maha-subhashita-samgraha / subhasita-sangraha), which is a compendium of Sanskrit aphorisms (subhāṣita), collected from various sources. Subhāṣita is a genre of Sanskrit literature, exposing the vast and rich cultural heritage of ancient India.

It has serial number 1674 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)

Sanskrit is the oldest living language and bears testimony to the intellectual past of ancient India. Three major religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) share this language, which is used for many of their holy books. Besides religious manuscripts, much of India’s ancient culture has been preserved in Sanskrit, covering topics such as Architecture, Music, Botany, Surgery, Ethics, Philosophy, Dance and much more.

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