Sanskrit quote nr. 5884 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
इत्यबुद्धिधनाधाननिधानैर्विविधोदयैः ।
कूटपण्यैरसामान्यैस् तारुण्यमतिवाह्यते ॥ityabuddhidhanādhānanidhānairvividhodayaiḥ |
kūṭapaṇyairasāmānyais tāruṇyamativāhyate ||
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.
Itya (इत्य): defined in 1 categories.
Abuddhi (अबुद्धि): defined in 2 categories.
Dhana (धन): defined in 16 categories.
Adhana (ādhāna, आधान): defined in 9 categories.
Nidhana (nidhāna, निधान): defined in 15 categories.
Vividha (विविध, vividhā, विविधा): defined in 7 categories.
Udaya (उदय): defined in 22 categories.
Kuta (kūṭa, कूट): defined in 19 categories.
Asamanya (asāmānya, असामान्य): defined in 5 categories.
Tarunya (tāruṇya, तारुण्य): defined in 4 categories.
Ativahya (ativāhya, अतिवाह्य): defined in 1 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Hinduism, Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Nepali, Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Jain philosophy, Tamil, Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Samkhya (school of philosophy)
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: “ityabuddhidhanādhānanidhānairvividhodayaiḥ”
- itya -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]itya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]itya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√i -> itya (absolutive)[absolutive from √i]√i -> itya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> itya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
- abuddhi -
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abuddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]abuddhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]abuddhi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dhanā -
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dhana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dhana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√dhan (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ādhāna -
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ādhāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nidhānair -
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nidhāna (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]nidhāna (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- vividho -
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vividha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vividha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vividhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vidh (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]√vidh (verb class 6)[perfect active second plural]√vyadh (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]
- udayaiḥ -
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udaya (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “kūṭapaṇyairasāmānyais tāruṇyamativāhyate”
- kūṭa -
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kūṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kūṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- paṇyair -
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paṇya (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]paṇya (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]√paṇ -> paṇya (participle, masculine)[instrumental plural from √paṇ]√paṇ -> paṇya (participle, neuter)[instrumental plural from √paṇ]
- asāmānyais -
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asāmānya (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]asāmānya (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- tāruṇyam -
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tāruṇya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ativāhya -
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ativāhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ativāhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative 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 5884 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.