Sanskrit quote nr. 4311 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
आकृष्टप्रतनुवपुर्लतैस्तरद्भिस् ।
तस्याम्भस् तदथ सरोमहार्णवस्य ॥ākṛṣṭapratanuvapurlataistaradbhis |
tasyāmbhas tadatha saromahārṇavasya ||
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.
Bha (भ, bhā, भा): defined in 14 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Atha (अथ): defined in 7 categories.
Saroma (सरोम): defined in 1 categories.
Ha (ह, hā, हा): defined in 8 categories.
Han (हन्): defined in 5 categories.
Arnava (arṇava, अर्णव): defined in 13 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Nepali, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Tamil, Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Jainism, Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), 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: “ākṛṣṭapratanuvapurlataistaradbhis”
- Cannot analyse ākṛṣṭapratanuvapurlataistaradbhis
- Line 2: “tasyāmbhas tadatha saromahārṇavasya”
- tasyām -
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sā (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- bhas -
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bha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]bhā (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- saroma -
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saroma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]saroma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hā -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]hā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]han (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√hā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- arṇavasya -
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arṇava (noun, masculine)[genitive single]arṇava (noun, neuter)[genitive 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 4311 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.