Sanskrit quote nr. 3583 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अष्टमे द्वादशे वापि शाकं यः पचते गृहे ।
कुमित्राण्यनपाश्रित्य किं वै सुखतरं ततः ॥aṣṭame dvādaśe vāpi śākaṃ yaḥ pacate gṛhe |
kumitrāṇyanapāśritya kiṃ vai sukhataraṃ 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.
Ashtama (astama, aṣṭama, अष्टम): defined in 7 categories.
Dvadasha (dvadasa, dvādaśa, द्वादश): defined in 13 categories.
Vapi (vāpī, वापी): defined in 11 categories.
Vapin (vāpin, वापिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Shaka (saka, śāka, शाक): defined in 22 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Pacat (पचत्): defined in 1 categories.
Pacata (पचत, pacatā, पचता): defined in 2 categories.
Grih (grh, gṛh, गृह्): defined in 2 categories.
Griha (grha, gṛhā, गृहा): defined in 15 categories.
Kumitra (कुमित्र): defined in 1 categories.
Anapa (अनप, anapā, अनपा): defined in 2 categories.
Ashritya (asritya, āśritya, आश्रित्य): defined in 6 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Sukha (सुख): defined in 21 categories.
Tara (तर): defined in 27 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Tata (तत): defined in 18 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Yoga (school of philosophy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Dharmashastra (religious law), Marathi, Jain philosophy, Kannada, Jainism, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Purana (epic history), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Hindi, Ayurveda (science of life), India history, Nepali, Buddhism, Hinduism, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Gitashastra (science of music), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)
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: “aṣṭame dvādaśe vāpi śākaṃ yaḥ pacate gṛhe”
- aṣṭame -
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aṣṭama (noun, masculine)[locative single]aṣṭama (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- dvādaśe -
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dvādaśa (noun, masculine)[locative single]dvādaśa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- vāpi -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śākam -
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śāka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śāka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śākā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yaḥ -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pacate -
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pacat (noun, masculine)[dative single]pacat (noun, neuter)[dative single]pacata (noun, masculine)[locative single]pacata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pacatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√pac -> pacat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √pac class 1 verb]√pac -> pacat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √pac class 1 verb]√pac (verb class 1)[present middle third single]
- gṛhe -
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gṛh (noun, masculine)[dative single]gṛh (noun, neuter)[dative single]gṛhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “kumitrāṇyanapāśritya kiṃ vai sukhataraṃ tataḥ”
- kumitrāṇya -
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kumitra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- anapā -
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anapa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anapa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]anapā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āśritya -
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āśritya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- vai -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- sukha -
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sukha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sukha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- taram -
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tara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- 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 3583 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.