Sanskrit quote nr. 1787 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अन्यादानाकुलान्तःकरणवशविपद्बाधितप्रेतरङ्कं ग्रासभ्रश्यत्करालश्लथपिशितशवाग्रग्रहे मुक्तनादम् ।
सर्वैः क्रामद्भिरुल्काननकवलरसव्यात्तवक्त्रप्रभाभिर् व्यक्तैस्तैः संवलद्भिः क्षणमपरमिव व्योम्नि वृत्तं श्मशानम् ॥anyādānākulāntaḥkaraṇavaśavipadbādhitapretaraṅkaṃ grāsabhraśyatkarālaślathapiśitaśavāgragrahe muktanādam |
sarvaiḥ krāmadbhirulkānanakavalarasavyāttavaktraprabhābhir vyaktaistaiḥ saṃvaladbhiḥ kṣaṇamaparamiva vyomni vṛttaṃ śmaśānam ||
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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.
Anya (अन्य): defined in 8 categories.
Ana (āna, आन): defined in 12 categories.
Akula (अकुल): defined in 8 categories.
Ta (त): defined in 11 categories.
Tas (तस्): defined in 4 categories.
Karana (karaṇa, करण): defined in 27 categories.
Vipad (विपद्): defined in 8 categories.
Badhita (bādhita, बाधित): defined in 5 categories.
Preta (प्रेत): defined in 13 categories.
Ranka (raṅka, रङ्क): defined in 7 categories.
Mukta (मुक्त): defined in 22 categories.
Nada (nāda, नाद): defined in 18 categories.
Kramat (krāmat, क्रामत्): defined in 1 categories.
Ulka (उल्क): defined in 11 categories.
Anaka (अनक): defined in 6 categories.
Vala (वल): defined in 14 categories.
Rasa (रस): defined in 29 categories.
Vyatta (vyātta, व्यात्त): defined in 2 categories.
Vaktri (vaktr, vaktṛ, वक्तृ): defined in 3 categories.
Vaktra (वक्त्र): defined in 13 categories.
Aprabha (aprabhā, अप्रभा): defined in 1 categories.
Vyakta (व्यक्त): defined in 15 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Kshanam (ksanam, kṣaṇam, क्षणम्): defined in 2 categories.
Kshana (ksana, kṣaṇa, क्षण): defined in 13 categories.
Aparam (अपरम्): defined in 2 categories.
Apara (अपर): defined in 15 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Vyoman (व्योमन्): defined in 13 categories.
Vritta (vrtta, vṛtta, वृत्त): defined in 17 categories.
Shmashana (smasana, śmaśāna, श्मशान): defined in 12 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hindi, Kannada, Pali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Nepali, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), India history, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Vastushastra (architecture), Kavya (poetry), Buddhism, Dharmashastra (religious law), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.), Gitashastra (science of music), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making)
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: “anyādānākulāntaḥkaraṇavaśavipadbādhitapretaraṅkaṃ grāsabhraśyatkarālaślathapiśitaśavāgragrahe muktanādam”
- anyād -
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anya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√an (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- ānā -
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āna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√an (verb class 2)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- akulān -
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akula (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- taḥ -
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tas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- karaṇa -
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karaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]karaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vaśa -
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vaśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vaśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vaś (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- vipad -
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vipad (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- bādhita -
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bādhita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bādhita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√bādh -> bādhita (participle, masculine)[compound from √bādh]√bādh -> bādhita (participle, neuter)[compound from √bādh]√bādh -> bādhita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √bādh]√bādh -> bādhita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √bādh]
- preta -
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preta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]preta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√pre (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- raṅkam -
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raṅka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]raṅka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]raṅkā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse grāsabhraśyatkarālaślathapiśitaśavāgragrahe*mu
- mukta -
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mukta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mukta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √muc class 6 verb]√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √muc class 6 verb]√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √muc class 1 verb]√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √muc class 1 verb]√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √muj class 1 verb]√muj -> mukta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √muj class 1 verb]
- nādam -
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nāda (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “sarvaiḥ krāmadbhirulkānanakavalarasavyāttavaktraprabhābhir vyaktaistaiḥ saṃvaladbhiḥ kṣaṇamaparamiva vyomni vṛttaṃ śmaśānam”
- sarvaiḥ -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]sarva (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- krāmadbhir -
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krāmat (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]krāmat (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]√kram -> krāmat (participle, masculine)[instrumental plural from √kram class 1 verb]√kram -> krāmat (participle, neuter)[instrumental plural from √kram class 1 verb]
- ulkān -
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ulka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- anaka -
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anaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vala -
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vala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√val (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- rasa -
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rasa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√ras (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- vyātta -
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vyātta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vyātta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vaktra -
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vaktṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vaktṛ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vaktra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vaktra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aprabhābhir -
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aprabhā (noun, feminine)[instrumental plural]
- vyaktais -
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vyakta (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]vyakta (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- taiḥ -
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ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- saṃ -
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sa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- valadbhiḥ -
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√val -> valat (participle, masculine)[instrumental plural from √val class 1 verb]√val -> valat (participle, neuter)[instrumental plural from √val class 1 verb]
- kṣaṇam -
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kṣaṇam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- aparam -
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aparam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]apara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]apara (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vyomni -
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vyoman (noun, masculine)[locative single]vyoman (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- vṛttam -
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vṛtta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vṛtta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vṛttā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
- śmaśānam -
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śmaśāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
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It has serial number 1787 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
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