Sanskrit quote nr. 3914 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अस्माकमात्मभूर्भूत्वा हन्तास्मानेव हंसि यत् ।
रे रे कन्दर्प तन्नित्यम् अनङ्गत्वं सदास्तु ते ॥asmākamātmabhūrbhūtvā hantāsmāneva haṃsi yat |
re re kandarpa tannityam anaṅgatvaṃ sadāstu te ||
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.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Atmabhu (ātmabhū, आत्मभू): defined in 4 categories.
Hanta (हन्त): defined in 7 categories.
Hantri (hantr, hantṛ, हन्तृ): defined in 3 categories.
Eva (एव): defined in 6 categories.
Hamsi (haṃsī, हंसी): defined in 12 categories.
Hamsin (haṃsin, हंसिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Ra (र, rā, रा): defined in 11 categories.
Kandarpa (कन्दर्प): defined in 7 categories.
Tan (तन्): defined in 8 categories.
Itya (इत्य): defined in 1 categories.
Ananga (anaṅga, अनङ्ग): defined in 9 categories.
Tva (त्व): defined in 3 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Tu (तु): defined in 6 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Purana (epic history), Kavya (poetry), Kannada, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pali, Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), India history, Tamil, Jainism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Nepali
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: “asmākamātmabhūrbhūtvā hantāsmāneva haṃsi yat”
- asmākam -
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asmāka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]asmāka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmākā (noun, feminine)[adverb]asmad (pronoun, none)[genitive plural]
- ātmabhūr -
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ātmabhū (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhūtvā -
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√bhū -> bhūtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhū]
- hantā -
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hanta (indeclinable)[indeclinable]hantṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√han (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]√han (verb class 2)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- asmān -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative plural]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- haṃsi -
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haṃsī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]haṃsin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]haṃsin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√han (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “re re kandarpa tannityam anaṅgatvaṃ sadāstu te”
- re -
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ṛ (noun, feminine)[dative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[dative single]ra (noun, masculine)[locative single]ra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]rā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- re -
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ṛ (noun, feminine)[dative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[dative single]ra (noun, masculine)[locative single]ra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]rā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kandarpa -
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kandarpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tann -
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tan (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- ityam -
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itya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]itya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ityā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√i -> itya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> itya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
- anaṅga -
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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]
- tvam -
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tva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tva (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- sadās -
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sada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
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