Sanskrit quote nr. 4380 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
आगत्य प्रणिपातसान्त्वितसखीदत्तान्तरे सागसि ।
स्वैरं कुर्वति तल्पपार्श्वनिभृते धूर्तेऽङ्गसंवाहनम् ॥āgatya praṇipātasāntvitasakhīdattāntare sāgasi |
svairaṃ kurvati talpapārśvanibhṛte dhūrte'ṅgasaṃvāhanam ||
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.
Agatya (āgatya, आगत्य): defined in 4 categories.
Pranipata (praṇipāta, प्रणिपात): defined in 4 categories.
Santvita (sāntvita, सान्त्वित): defined in 2 categories.
Datta (दत्त): defined in 12 categories.
Tara (तर, tarā, तरा): defined in 27 categories.
Tari (तरि): defined in 9 categories.
Sagas (sāgas, सागस्): defined in 1 categories.
Svairam (स्वैरम्): defined in 1 categories.
Svaira (स्वैर): defined in 4 categories.
Kurvat (कुर्वत्): defined in 4 categories.
Kurvati (kurvatī, कुर्वती): defined in 1 categories.
Talpa (तल्प): defined in 6 categories.
Parshva (parsva, pārśva, पार्श्व): defined in 14 categories.
Nibhrita (nibhrta, nibhṛta, निभृत, nibhṛtā, निभृता): defined in 5 categories.
Dhurta (dhūrta, धूर्त, dhūrtā, धूर्ता): defined in 7 categories.
Dhurti (dhūrti, धूर्ति): defined in 1 categories.
Anga (aṅga, अङ्ग): defined in 21 categories.
Samvahana (saṃvāhana, संवाहन): defined in 9 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Marathi, Kannada, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Jainism, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Kavya (poetry), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Hindi, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Buddhism, Hinduism, Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Biology (plants and animals), Gitashastra (science of music), Tamil, Vastushastra (architecture), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making)
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: “āgatya praṇipātasāntvitasakhīdattāntare sāgasi”
- āgatya -
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āgatya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- praṇipāta -
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praṇipāta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- sāntvita -
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sāntvita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sāntvita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sāntv -> sāntvita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sāntv class 10 verb]√sāntv -> sāntvita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sāntv class 10 verb]
- sakhī -
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sakhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- dattān -
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datta (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- tare -
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tara (noun, masculine)[locative single]tara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tarā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tari (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- sāgasi -
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sāgas (noun, masculine)[locative single]sāgas (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- Line 2: “svairaṃ kurvati talpapārśvanibhṛte dhūrte'ṅgasaṃvāhanam”
- svairam -
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svairam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]svaira (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]svaira (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]svairā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kurvati -
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kurvat (noun, masculine)[locative single]kurvat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kurvatī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
- talpa -
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talpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- pārśva -
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pārśva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pārśva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nibhṛte -
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nibhṛta (noun, masculine)[locative single]nibhṛta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]nibhṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- dhūrte' -
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dhūrta (noun, masculine)[locative single]dhūrta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dhūrtā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]dhūrti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- aṅga -
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aṅga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aṅga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√aṅg (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- saṃvāhanam -
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saṃvāhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative 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 4380 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.