Sanskrit quote nr. 328 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अङ्गुष्ठे पदगुल्फजानुजघने नाभौ च वक्षःस्तने कक्षाकण्ठकपोलदन्तवसने नेत्रालिके मूर्धनि ।
शुक्लाशुक्लविभागतो मृगदृशामङ्गेष्वनङ्गस्थिती- रूर्ध्वाधोगमनेन वामपदगाः पक्षद्वये लक्षयेत् ॥

aṅguṣṭhe padagulphajānujaghane nābhau ca vakṣaḥstane kakṣākaṇṭhakapoladantavasane netrālike mūrdhani |
śuklāśuklavibhāgato mṛgadṛśāmaṅgeṣvanaṅgasthitī- rūrdhvādhogamanena vāmapadagāḥ pakṣadvaye lakṣayet ||

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.

Angushtha (angustha, aṅguṣṭha, अङ्गुष्ठ): defined in 9 categories.
Pada (पद): defined in 28 categories.
Gulpha (गुल्फ): defined in 12 categories.
Janu (jānu, जानु): defined in 17 categories.
Jaghana (जघन): defined in 7 categories.
Nabh (nābh, नाभ्): defined in 3 categories.
Nabha (nābha, नाभ): defined in 1 categories.
Nabhi (nābhi, नाभि): defined in 22 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Vakshas (vaksas, vakṣas, वक्षस्): defined in 6 categories.
Stana (स्तन): defined in 9 categories.
Kaksha (kaksa, kakṣā, कक्षा): defined in 11 categories.
Kanthaka (kaṇṭhaka, कण्ठक): defined in 6 categories.
Anta (अन्त): defined in 16 categories.
Vasana (वसन): defined in 20 categories.
Netri (netr, netṛ, नेतृ): defined in 5 categories.
Netra (नेत्र): defined in 16 categories.
Alika (अलिक): defined in 5 categories.
Shukla (sukla, śukla, शुक्ल, śuklā, शुक्ला): defined in 15 categories.
Mrigadrish (mrgadrs, mṛgadṛś, मृगदृश्): defined in 1 categories.
Anga (aṅga, अङ्ग): defined in 21 categories.
Ananga (anaṅga, अनङ्ग): defined in 9 categories.
Sthiti (स्थिति): defined in 21 categories.
Ru (रु): defined in 9 categories.
Urdhva (ūrdhva, ऊर्ध्व, ūrdhvā, ऊर्ध्वा): defined in 12 categories.
Adhogamana (अधोगमन): defined in 3 categories.
Vama (vāma, वाम): defined in 15 categories.
Padaga (पदग, padagā, पदगा): defined in 5 categories.
Pakshadvaya (paksadvaya, pakṣadvaya, पक्षद्वय): defined in 2 categories.

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

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: “aṅguṣṭhe padagulphajānujaghane nābhau ca vakṣaḥstane kakṣākaṇṭhakapoladantavasane netrālike mūrdhani”
aṅguṣṭhe -
aṅguṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
pada -
pada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pad (verb class 1)

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

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

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

[locative single]
nābhau -
nābh (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

nābha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

nābhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

nābhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vakṣaḥ -
vakṣas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vakṣas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
stane -
stana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kakṣā -
kakṣā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
polad -
√pul -> polat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pul class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pul class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pul class 1 verb]
anta -
anta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ant (verb class 1)

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

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
netrā -
netra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

netra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

netṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
alike -
alika (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
mūrdhani -
mūrdhan (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “śuklāśuklavibhāgato mṛgadṛśāmaṅgeṣvanaṅgasthitī- rūrdhvādhogamanena vāmapadagāḥ pakṣadvaye lakṣayet”
śuklā -
śukla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śukla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śuklā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

aśukla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vibhāgato* -
vibhāgataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mṛgadṛśām -
mṛgadṛś (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

mṛgadṛś (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
aṅgeṣva -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
anaṅga -
anaṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anaṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
sthitī -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ūrdhvā -
ūrdhva (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ūrdhva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ūrdhva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adhogamanena -
adhogamana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vāma -
vāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active first plural]
padagāḥ -
padaga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

padagā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
lakṣayet -
√lakṣ (verb class 10)

[optative active third 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 328 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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Last Updated: 22 April, 2019