Sanskrit quote nr. 5499 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
आश्लेषे प्रथमं क्रमादपहृते हृद्येऽधरस्यार्पणे ।
केलिद्यूतविधौ पणं प्रियतमे कान्तां पुनः पृच्छति ॥āśleṣe prathamaṃ kramādapahṛte hṛdye'dharasyārpaṇe |
kelidyūtavidhau paṇaṃ priyatame kāntāṃ punaḥ pṛcchati ||
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.
Prathamam (प्रथमम्): defined in 1 categories.
Prathama (प्रथम): defined in 14 categories.
Kramat (kramāt, क्रमात्): defined in 1 categories.
Krama (क्रम): defined in 14 categories.
Apahrit (apahrt, apahṛt, अपहृत्): defined in 1 categories.
Apahrita (apahrta, apahṛta, अपहृत, apahṛtā, अपहृता): defined in 3 categories.
Apahriti (apahrti, apahṛti, अपहृति): defined in 2 categories.
Hridya (hrdya, hṛdya, हृद्य, hṛdyā, हृद्या): defined in 6 categories.
Adhara (अधर): defined in 17 categories.
Keli (kelī, केली): defined in 11 categories.
Dyuta (dyūta, द्यूत): defined in 9 categories.
Vidh (विध्): defined in 1 categories.
Vidha (विध): defined in 11 categories.
Vidhi (विधि): defined in 15 categories.
Vidhu (विधु): defined in 7 categories.
Pana (paṇa, पण): defined in 20 categories.
Priyatama (प्रियतम, priyatamā, प्रियतमा): defined in 7 categories.
Kanta (kāntā, कान्ता): defined in 16 categories.
Pu (पु, pū, पू): defined in 7 categories.
Puna (पुन): defined in 6 categories.
Pricchat (prcchat, pṛcchat, पृच्छत्): defined in 1 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), Jainism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Yoga (school of philosophy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Hinduism, Vedanta (school of philosophy), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Pali, Shilpashastra (iconography), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Prakrit, Tamil, Dharmashastra (religious law), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Nepali, Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), 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: “āśleṣe prathamaṃ kramādapahṛte hṛdye'dharasyārpaṇe”
- āśleṣe -
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āśleṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]āśleṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- prathamam -
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prathamam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]prathamam (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]prathamam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]prathama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prathama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prathamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kramād -
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kramāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]krama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- apahṛte -
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apahṛt (noun, masculine)[dative single]apahṛt (noun, neuter)[dative single]apahṛta (noun, masculine)[locative single]apahṛta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]apahṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]apahṛti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- hṛdye' -
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hṛdya (noun, masculine)[locative single]hṛdya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]hṛdyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- adharasyā -
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adhara (noun, masculine)[genitive single]adhara (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- arpaṇe -
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arpaṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]arpaṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Line 2: “kelidyūtavidhau paṇaṃ priyatame kāntāṃ punaḥ pṛcchati”
- keli -
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keli (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]kelī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- dyūta -
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dyūta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vidhau -
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vidh (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vidha (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vidhi (noun, feminine)[locative single]vidhi (noun, masculine)[locative single]vidhu (noun, masculine)[locative single]vidhu (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- paṇam -
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paṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- priyatame -
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priyatama (noun, masculine)[locative single]priyatama (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]priyatamā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kāntām -
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kāntā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√kam -> kāntā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √kam class 1 verb]
- punaḥ -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- pṛcchati -
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√praś -> pṛcchat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √praś class 6 verb]√praś -> pṛcchat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √praś class 6 verb]√praś (verb class 6)[present active third 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 5499 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.