Sanskrit quote nr. 2906 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अर्जुनस्य इमे बाणा नेमे बाणाः शिखण्डिनः ।
सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि माघमा सेगवा इव ॥arjunasya ime bāṇā neme bāṇāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ |
sīdanti mama gātrāṇi māghamā segavā iva ||
Index
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.
Arjuna (अर्जुन): defined in 19 categories.
Iyam (इयम्): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Bana (bāṇa, बाण, bāṇā, बाणा): defined in 22 categories.
Nema (नेम, nemā, नेमा): defined in 7 categories.
Nemi (नेमि): defined in 13 categories.
Sidat (sīdat, सीदत्): defined in 1 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Gatra (gātra, गात्र): defined in 10 categories.
Maghama (māghamā, माघमा): defined in 1 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Pali, Hindi, Shilpashastra (iconography), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Prakrit, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Tamil, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Mahayana (major branch of 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: “arjunasya ime bāṇā neme bāṇāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ”
- arjunasya -
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arjuna (noun, masculine)[genitive single]arjuna (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- ime -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- bāṇā* -
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bāṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bāṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- neme -
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nema (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]nema (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]nemā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]nemi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]nemi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- bāṇāḥ -
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bāṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bāṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- śikhaṇḍinaḥ -
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śikhaṇḍin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]śikhaṇḍin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “sīdanti mama gātrāṇi māghamā segavā iva”
- sīdanti -
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√sad -> sīdat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √sad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sad class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sad class 1 verb]√sad -> sīdantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √sad class 1 verb]√sad (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- mama -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]√mā (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- gātrāṇi -
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gātra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- māghamā -
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māghamā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- segavā* -
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segava (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
buy this bookThis 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 2906 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.