Sanskrit quote nr. 3503 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अशुद्धा तु भवेन् नारी यावच्छल्यं न मुञ्चति ।
निःसृते तु ततः शल्ये रजसा शुध्यते ततः ॥aśuddhā tu bhaven nārī yāvacchalyaṃ na muñcati |
niḥsṛte tu tataḥ śalye rajasā śudhyate tataḥ ||
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.
Ashuddha (asuddha, aśuddhā, अशुद्धा): defined in 7 categories.
Tu (तु): defined in 6 categories.
Nari (nāri, नारि, nārī, नारी): defined in 15 categories.
Yavat (yāvat, यावत्): defined in 4 categories.
Shalya (salya, śalya, शल्य, śalyā, शल्या): defined in 17 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Muncat (muñcat, मुञ्चत्): defined in 1 categories.
Nihsrita (nihsrta, niḥsṛta, निःसृत, niḥsṛtā, निःसृता): defined in 6 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Tata (तत): defined in 18 categories.
Rajas (रजस्): defined in 14 categories.
Rajasa (rajasā, रजसा): defined in 11 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Dharmashastra (religious law), Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Biology (plants and animals), Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Tamil, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Hinduism, Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Nepali, India history, Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Gitashastra (science of music), Buddhism, Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Shilpashastra (iconography)
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: “aśuddhā tu bhaven nārī yāvacchalyaṃ na muñcati”
- aśuddhā -
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aśuddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- bhaven -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- nārī -
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nārī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]nāri (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- yāvacch -
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yāvat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yāvat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yāvat (noun, masculine)[compound]yāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śalyam -
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śalya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śalya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śalyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√śal -> śalya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śal class 10 verb]√śal -> śalya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śal class 10 verb], [accusative single from √śal class 10 verb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- muñcati -
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√muc -> muñcat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √muc class 6 verb]√muc -> muñcat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √muc class 6 verb]√muñc -> muñcat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √muñc class 1 verb]√muñc -> muñcat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √muñc class 1 verb]√muc (verb class 6)[present active third single]√muñc (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- Line 2: “niḥsṛte tu tataḥ śalye rajasā śudhyate tataḥ”
- niḥsṛte -
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niḥsṛta (noun, masculine)[locative single]niḥsṛta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]niḥsṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- śalye -
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śalya (noun, masculine)[locative single]śalya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]śalyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√śal -> śalya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √śal class 10 verb]√śal -> śalya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √śal class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √śal class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √śal class 10 verb], [locative single from √śal class 10 verb]√śal -> śalyā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √śal class 10 verb], [vocative single from √śal class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √śal class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √śal class 10 verb]√śal (verb class 1)[present passive first single]√śal (verb class 10)[present passive first single]
- rajasā -
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rajas (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]rajas (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]rajasā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śudhyate -
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√śudh -> śudhyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √śudh class 4 verb]√śudh -> śudhyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √śudh class 4 verb]√śudh (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√śudh (verb class 4)[present passive third single]
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
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 3503 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.