Sanskrit quote nr. 5821 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
इति मदमदनाभ्यां रागिणः स्पष्टरागान् ।
अनवरतरतश्रीसङ्गिनस् तानवेक्ष्य ॥iti madamadanābhyāṃ rāgiṇaḥ spaṣṭarāgān |
anavaratarataśrīsaṅginas tānavekṣya ||
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.
Iti (इति): defined in 6 categories.
Mada (मद): defined in 20 categories.
Adana (अदन): defined in 14 categories.
Ragin (rāgin, रागिन्): defined in 2 categories.
Spashta (spasta, spaṣṭa, स्पष्ट): defined in 8 categories.
Raga (rāga, राग): defined in 26 categories.
Anavarata (अनवरत): defined in 5 categories.
Rata (रत): defined in 15 categories.
Shri (sri, śrī, श्री): defined in 21 categories.
Sangin (saṅgin, सङ्गिन्): defined in 9 categories.
Tanava (tānava, तानव): defined in 4 categories.
Ikshya (iksya, īkṣya, ईक्ष्य): defined in 1 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Buddhism, Jainism, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Nepali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Hinduism, Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Jain philosophy, Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), 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: “iti madamadanābhyāṃ rāgiṇaḥ spaṣṭarāgān”
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- madam -
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mada (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]madā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- adanābhyām -
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adana (noun, neuter)[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
- rāgiṇaḥ -
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rāgin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]rāgin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- spaṣṭa -
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spaṣṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]spaṣṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√spaś -> spaṣṭa (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √spaś class 1 verb]√spaś -> spaṣṭa (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √spaś class 1 verb]
- rāgān -
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rāga (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Line 2: “anavaratarataśrīsaṅginas tānavekṣya”
- anavarata -
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anavarata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anavarata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rata -
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rata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ram -> rata (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ram class 1 verb]√ram -> rata (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ram class 1 verb]
- śrī -
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śrī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]śrī (noun, masculine)[compound]
- saṅginas -
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saṅgin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]saṅgin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- tānave -
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tānava (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- īkṣya -
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√īkṣ -> īkṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √īkṣ]√īkṣ -> īkṣya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √īkṣ class 1 verb]√īkṣ -> īkṣya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √īkṣ class 1 verb]
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 5821 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.