Sanskrit quote nr. 5497 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
आश्लेषाधरबिम्बचुम्बनसुखालापस्मितान्यासत् आं ।
दूरे तावदिदं मिथो न सुलभं जातं मुखालोकनम् ॥āśleṣādharabimbacumbanasukhālāpasmitānyāsat āṃ |
dūre tāvadidaṃ mitho na sulabhaṃ jātaṃ mukhālokanam ||
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.
Ashlesha (aslesa, āśleṣa, आश्लेष, āśleṣā, आश्लेषा): defined in 10 categories.
Adhara (अधर): defined in 17 categories.
Bimba (बिम्ब): defined in 19 categories.
Cumbana (चुम्बन): defined in 8 categories.
Sukha (सुख, sukhā, सुखा): defined in 21 categories.
Alapa (ālāpa, आलाप): defined in 12 categories.
Smita (स्मित): defined in 9 categories.
Ya (yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Asat (असत्): defined in 6 categories.
Dure (dūre, दूरे): defined in 2 categories.
Dura (dūra, दूर, dūrā, दूरा): defined in 13 categories.
Tavat (tāvat, तावत्): defined in 2 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Mithah (mithaḥ, मिथः): defined in 2 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Sulabha (सुलभ): defined in 12 categories.
Jata (jāta, जात): defined in 21 categories.
Mukha (मुख): defined in 17 categories.
Alokana (ālokana, आलोकन): defined in 4 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Kannada, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Hinduism, Pali, Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Yoga (school of philosophy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Marathi, Hindi, Jainism, India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Buddhism, Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Kavya (poetry), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil
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: “āśleṣādharabimbacumbanasukhālāpasmitānyāsat āṃ”
- āśleṣā -
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āśleṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]āśleṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- adhara -
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adhara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]adhara (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- bimba -
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bimba (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bimba (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cumbana -
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cumbana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sukhā -
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sukha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sukha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sukhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ālāpa -
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ālāpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- smitān -
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smita (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]√smi -> smita (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √smi class 1 verb]
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- asat -
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asat (noun, masculine)[compound]asat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√sas (verb class 2)[imperfect active third single]
- ām -
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ā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]o (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “dūre tāvadidaṃ mitho na sulabhaṃ jātaṃ mukhālokanam”
- dūre -
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dūre (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dūra (noun, masculine)[locative single]dūra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dūrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tāvad -
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tāvat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tāvat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tāvat (noun, masculine)[compound]tāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- idam -
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idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- mitho* -
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mithaḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]mithaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sulabham -
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sulabha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sulabha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sulabhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- jātam -
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jāta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jāta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jātā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]√jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]
- mukhā -
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mukha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mukha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ālokanam -
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ālokana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ālokana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ālokanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
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 5497 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.