Sanskrit quote nr. 5783 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
इतराण्यपि रक्षांसि पेतुर्वानरकोटिषु ।
रजांसि समरोत्थानि तच्छोणितनदीष्विव ॥itarāṇyapi rakṣāṃsi peturvānarakoṭiṣu |
rajāṃsi samarotthāni tacchoṇitanadīṣviva ||
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.
Itara (इतर): defined in 9 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Rakshas (raksas, rakṣas, रक्षस्): defined in 6 categories.
Vanara (vānara, वानर): defined in 16 categories.
Koti (koṭi, कोटि): defined in 16 categories.
Rajas (रजस्): defined in 14 categories.
Samara (समर): defined in 11 categories.
Uttha (उत्थ): defined in 9 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Shonita (sonita, śoṇita, शोणित): defined in 13 categories.
Nadi (nadī, नदी): defined in 22 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Kavya (poetry), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Nepali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Ayurveda (science of life), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Buddhism, Hinduism, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Vastushastra (architecture), Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
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: “itarāṇyapi rakṣāṃsi peturvānarakoṭiṣu”
- itarāṇya -
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itara (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- rakṣāṃsi -
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rakṣas (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- petur -
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√pat (verb class 1)[perfect active third plural]√pat (verb class 4)[perfect active third plural]
- vānara -
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vānara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vānara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- koṭiṣu -
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koṭi (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- Line 2: “rajāṃsi samarotthāni tacchoṇitanadīṣviva”
- rajāṃsi -
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rajas (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- samaro -
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samara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- utthāni -
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uttha (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tacch -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- śoṇita -
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śoṇita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śoṇita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nadīṣvi -
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nadī (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
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 5783 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.