Sanskrit quote nr. 4960 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
आपृच्छस्व सखीं नमस्कुरु गुरून् नन्दस्व बन्धुस्त्रियः ।
कावेरीतटसंनिविष्टनयने मुग्धे किमुत्ताम्यसि ॥āpṛcchasva sakhīṃ namaskuru gurūn nandasva bandhustriyaḥ |
kāverītaṭasaṃniviṣṭanayane mugdhe kimuttāmyasi ||
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.
Guru (गुरु): defined in 25 categories.
Nanda (नन्द): defined in 22 categories.
Bandhu (बन्धु): defined in 14 categories.
Tri (tr, tṛ, तृ): defined in 10 categories.
Kaveri (kāverī, कावेरी): defined in 13 categories.
Tata (taṭa, तट): defined in 18 categories.
Nayana (नयन, nayanā, नयना): defined in 15 categories.
Mugdha (मुग्ध, mugdhā, मुग्धा): defined in 6 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Utta (uttā, उत्ता): defined in 6 categories.
Asi (asī, असी): defined in 16 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Kavya (poetry), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Shilpashastra (iconography), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Gitashastra (science of music), Nepali, Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
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: “āpṛcchasva sakhīṃ namaskuru gurūn nandasva bandhustriyaḥ”
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- pṛcchasva -
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√praś (verb class 6)[imperative middle second single]
- sakhīm -
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sakhī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Cannot analyse namaskuru*gu
- gurūn -
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guru (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- nanda -
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nanda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nanda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√nand (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- sva -
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sva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sva (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- bandhus -
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bandhu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tri -
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tṛ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]tri (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- iyaḥ -
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ī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]ī (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “kāverītaṭasaṃniviṣṭanayane mugdhe kimuttāmyasi”
- kāverī -
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kāverī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- taṭa -
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taṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√taṭ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- saṃniviṣṭa -
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saṃniviṣṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]saṃniviṣṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nayane -
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nayana (noun, masculine)[locative single]nayana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]nayanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- mugdhe -
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mugdha (noun, masculine)[locative single]mugdha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mugdhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√muh -> mugdha (participle, masculine)[locative single from √muh class 4 verb]√muh -> mugdha (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √muh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √muh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √muh class 4 verb], [locative single from √muh class 4 verb]√muh -> mugdhā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √muh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √muh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √muh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √muh class 4 verb]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- uttām -
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uttā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√ud -> uttā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √ud class 6 verb], [accusative single from √ud class 7 verb]√und -> uttā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √und class 6 verb], [accusative single from √und class 7 verb]
- ya -
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i (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]e (noun, masculine)[adverb]
- asi -
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asi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]asi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]asī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second 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 4960 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.