Sanskrit quote nr. 3596 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अष्टौ गुणाः पुरुषं दीपयन्ति ।
प्रज्ञा च कौल्यं च दमः श्रुतं च ॥aṣṭau guṇāḥ puruṣaṃ dīpayanti |
prajñā ca kaulyaṃ ca damaḥ śrutaṃ ca ||
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.
Ashta (asta, aṣṭa, अष्ट): defined in 15 categories.
Guna (guṇa, गुण, guṇā, गुणा): defined in 26 categories.
Purusha (purusa, puruṣa, पुरुष): defined in 22 categories.
Dipayat (dīpayat, दीपयत्): defined in 1 categories.
Prajna (prajñā, प्रज्ञा): defined in 11 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Kaulya (कौल्य): defined in 1 categories.
Dama (दम): defined in 14 categories.
Shruta (sruta, śruta, श्रुत): defined in 10 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Nepali, Hinduism, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Prakrit, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Buddhism, Tamil, Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
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: “aṣṭau guṇāḥ puruṣaṃ dīpayanti”
- aṣṭau -
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aṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]aṣṭi (noun, feminine)[locative single]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √aś class 5 verb]
- guṇāḥ -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]guṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- puruṣam -
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puruṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puruṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dīpayanti -
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√dīp -> dīpayantī (participle, feminine)[adverb from √dīp]dīpayat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√dīp -> dīpayat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √dīp], [vocative plural from √dīp], [accusative plural from √dīp]√dīp -> dīpayantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √dīp]
- Line 2: “prajñā ca kaulyaṃ ca damaḥ śrutaṃ ca”
- prajñā -
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prajñā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kaulyam -
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kaulya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kaulya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kaulyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- damaḥ -
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dama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śrutam -
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śruta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śruta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śrutā (noun, feminine)[adverb]śrut (noun, feminine)[accusative single]śrut (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]√śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
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 3596 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.