Sanskrit quote nr. 1859 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अन्योन्याक्षिनिपातजातमदयोरन्योन्यचेष्टाशत- स्पृष्टान्तःपदयोर्मनोभवशरव्याघातसंभ्रान्तयोः ।
स्यादेव द्विरदेन्द्रयोरिव तयोरालिङ्गनं प्राङ्गणे धैर्यस्तम्भविडम्बिनी बलवती लज्जा न चेदर्गला ॥

anyonyākṣinipātajātamadayoranyonyaceṣṭāśata- spṛṣṭāntaḥpadayormanobhavaśaravyāghātasaṃbhrāntayoḥ |
syādeva dviradendrayoriva tayorāliṅganaṃ prāṅgaṇe dhairyastambhaviḍambinī balavatī lajjā na cedargalā ||

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.

Anyonya (अन्योन्य, anyonyā, अन्योन्या): defined in 10 categories.
Akshan (aksan, akṣan, अक्षन्): defined in 2 categories.
Akshi (aksi, akṣi, अक्षि): defined in 12 categories.
Nipata (nipāta, निपात): defined in 13 categories.
Jata (jāta, जात): defined in 21 categories.
Ada (अद, adā, अदा): defined in 9 categories.
Ceshta (cesta, ceṣṭa, चेष्ट, ceṣṭā, चेष्टा): defined in 11 categories.
Sprishta (sprsta, spṛṣṭa, स्पृष्ट): defined in 6 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tas (तस्): defined in 4 categories.
Pada (पद): defined in 28 categories.
Manobhava (मनोभव): defined in 6 categories.
Sharavya (saravya, śaravya, शरव्य, śaravyā, शरव्या): defined in 2 categories.
Aghata (aghāta, अघात): defined in 10 categories.
Sambhranta (sambhrānta, सम्भ्रान्त, sambhrāntā, सम्भ्रान्ता): defined in 5 categories.
Syat (syāt, स्यात्): defined in 2 categories.
Sya (स्य): defined in 3 categories.
Eva (एव): defined in 6 categories.
Dvirada (द्विरद, dviradā, द्विरदा): defined in 7 categories.
Indra (इन्द्र, indrā, इन्द्रा): defined in 23 categories.
Indrayu (इन्द्रयु): defined in 1 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Alingana (āliṅgana, आलिङ्गन): defined in 10 categories.
Prangana (prāṅgaṇa, प्राङ्गण): defined in 3 categories.
Dhairya (धैर्य): defined in 8 categories.
Stambha (स्तम्भ): defined in 17 categories.
Vidambin (viḍambin, विडम्बिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Vidambini (viḍambinī, विडम्बिनी): defined in 1 categories.
Balavat (बलवत्): defined in 5 categories.
Balavati (balavatī, बलवती): defined in 7 categories.
Lajja (लज्ज, lajjā, लज्जा): defined in 10 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Ric (rc, ṛc, ऋच्): defined in 2 categories.
La (lā, ला): defined in 10 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Marathi, Hindi, Jain philosophy, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Kannada, Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Jainism, Pali, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Yoga (school of philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Biology (plants and animals), Prakrit, Nepali, Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.), Tamil, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Kavya (poetry), Buddhism

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: “anyonyākṣinipātajātamadayoranyonyaceṣṭāśata- spṛṣṭāntaḥpadayormanobhavaśaravyāghātasaṃbhrāntayoḥ”
anyonyā -
anyonya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anyonya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

anyonyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akṣi -
akṣan (noun, neuter)

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

akṣi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
nipāta -
nipāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
jātam -
jāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jāta (noun, neuter)

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

jātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]

√jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]
adayor -
ada (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

ada (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

adā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
anyonya -
anyonya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anyonya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ceṣṭā -
ceṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ceṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ceṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√ceṣṭ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
aśata -
aśata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
spṛṣṭān -
spṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√spṛś -> spṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √spṛś class 6 verb]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
padayor -
pada (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
manobhava -
manobhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

manobhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaravyā -
śaravya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śaravya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śaravyā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
sambhrāntayoḥ -
sambhrānta (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sambhrānta (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sambhrāntā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
Line 2: “syādeva dviradendrayoriva tayorāliṅganaṃ prāṅgaṇe dhairyastambhaviḍambinī balavatī lajjā na cedargalā”
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dvirade -
dvirada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

dvirada (noun, neuter)

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

dviradā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
indrayor -
indra (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

indrā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

indrayu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

indrayu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tayor -
ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
āliṅganam -
āliṅgana (noun, neuter)

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

āliṅganā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prāṅgaṇe -
prāṅgaṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
dhairya -
dhairya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

√stambh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
viḍambinī -
viḍambinī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

viḍambin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
balavatī -
balavatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

balavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
lajjā* -
lajja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

lajjā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cedar -
√cad (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
ṛg -
ṛc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
lā -
lā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

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 1859 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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