Sanskrit quote nr. 5996 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
इन्दुबिम्बादिवोत्कीर्णं पद्मगर्भादिवोद्धृतम् ।
वदनं तव तन्वङ्गि विमृशद्भिर्विभाव्यते ॥indubimbādivotkīrṇaṃ padmagarbhādivoddhṛtam |
vadanaṃ tava tanvaṅgi vimṛśadbhirvibhāvyate ||
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.
Indubimba (इन्दुबिम्ब): defined in 2 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Utkirna (utkīrṇa, उत्कीर्ण): defined in 4 categories.
Padmagarbha (पद्मगर्भ): defined in 5 categories.
Uddhrita (uddhrta, uddhṛta, उद्धृत): defined in 8 categories.
Vadana (वदन): defined in 13 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Tanvangi (tanvaṅgī, तन्वङ्गी): defined in 6 categories.
Vi (वि, vī, वी): defined in 8 categories.
Vibhavya (vibhāvya, विभाव्य): defined in 4 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pali, Prakrit, Kannada, India history, Hindi, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Kavya (poetry), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Jainism, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Marathi, Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Tamil, Biology (plants and animals), Nepali
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: “indubimbādivotkīrṇaṃ padmagarbhādivoddhṛtam”
- indubimbād -
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indubimba (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ivo -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- utkīrṇam -
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utkīrṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]utkīrṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]utkīrṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- padmagarbhād -
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padmagarbha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ivo -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- uddhṛtam -
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uddhṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]uddhṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uddhṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “vadanaṃ tava tanvaṅgi vimṛśadbhirvibhāvyate”
- vadanam -
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vadana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tava -
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yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]
- tanvaṅgi -
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tanvaṅgī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- vi -
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vi (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]vi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]vi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ve (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, feminine)[adverb]vī (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mṛśadbhir -
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√mṛś -> mṛśat (participle, masculine)[instrumental plural from √mṛś class 6 verb]√mṛś -> mṛśat (participle, neuter)[instrumental plural from √mṛś class 6 verb]
- vibhāvya -
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vibhāvya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vibhāvya (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 5996 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.