Sanskrit quote nr. 5652 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
आस्ते नो सुषमा न चापि कुसुमामोदो हि नो वा मनाक् ।
चातुर्यं मकरन्ददानविषये किं चातुरीयं पुनः ॥āste no suṣamā na cāpi kusumāmodo hi no vā manāk |
cāturyaṃ makarandadānaviṣaye kiṃ cāturīyaṃ punaḥ ||
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.
Nu (नु): defined in 1 categories.
Sushama (susama, suṣama, सुषम, suṣamā, सुषमा): defined in 8 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Capin (cāpin, चापिन्): defined in 3 categories.
Kusuma (कुसुम): defined in 16 categories.
Hi (हि): defined in 7 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Va (व, vā, वा): defined in 11 categories.
Var (vār, वार्): defined in 6 categories.
Manak (manāk, मनाक्): defined in 5 categories.
Caturya (cāturya, चातुर्य): defined in 5 categories.
Makaranda (मकरन्द): defined in 9 categories.
Danavi (dānavī, दानवी): defined in 2 categories.
Danu (dānu, दानु): defined in 6 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Caturi (cāturī, चातुरी): defined in 4 categories.
Iyam (इयम्): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Pu (पु, pū, पू): defined in 7 categories.
Puna (पुन): defined in 6 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Pali, Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Nepali, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Hinduism, Yoga (school of philosophy), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Kavya (poetry)
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: “āste no suṣamā na cāpi kusumāmodo hi no vā manāk”
- āste -
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√ās (verb class 2)[present middle third single]
- no -
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nu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- suṣamā* -
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suṣama (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]suṣamā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kusumā -
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kusuma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kusuma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- amodo* -
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√mud (verb class 1)[imperfect active second single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- no* -
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na (noun, masculine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- manāk -
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manāk (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “cāturyaṃ makarandadānaviṣaye kiṃ cāturīyaṃ punaḥ”
- cāturyam -
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cāturya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- makaranda -
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makaranda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]makaranda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dānavi -
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dānavī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]dānu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]dānu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- iṣaye -
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iṣi (noun, feminine)[dative single]√iṣ (verb class 0)[present middle first single]√iṣ (verb class 0)[present middle first single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- cāturī -
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cāturī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- iyam -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]ī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- punaḥ -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [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 5652 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.