Sanskrit quote nr. 6104 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
इयं भुजगिनीश्रिता लसदनेकपुष्पान्विता ।
द्विरेफततिसेविता प्रमदखञ्जनालंकृता ॥iyaṃ bhujaginīśritā lasadanekapuṣpānvitā |
dvirephatatisevitā pramadakhañjanālaṃkṛtā ||
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.
Iyam (इयम्): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Bhujagi (bhujagī, भुजगी): defined in 2 categories.
Ni (नि): defined in 9 categories.
Shrita (srita, śrita, श्रित, śritā, श्रिता): defined in 5 categories.
Lasat (लसत्): defined in 5 categories.
Aneka (अनेक): defined in 11 categories.
Pushpa (puspa, puṣpa, पुष्प): defined in 16 categories.
Vid (विद्): defined in 2 categories.
Vidh (विध्): defined in 1 categories.
Dvirepha (द्विरेफ): defined in 5 categories.
Sevitri (sevitr, sevitṛ, सेवितृ): defined in 1 categories.
Sevita (sevitā, सेविता): defined in 8 categories.
Pramada (प्रमद): defined in 16 categories.
Khanjana (khañjana, खञ्जन, khañjanā, खञ्जना): defined in 7 categories.
Alankrita (alankrta, alaṅkṛtā, अलङ्कृता): defined in 7 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Biology (plants and animals), Pali, Hindi, Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Kannada, Tamil, Jainism, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Buddhism, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Jain 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: “iyaṃ bhujaginīśritā lasadanekapuṣpānvitā”
- 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]
- bhujagi -
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bhujagī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- nī -
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nī (noun, masculine)[compound]nī (noun, feminine)[compound]ni (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ni (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- śritā* -
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śrita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śritā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√śri -> śrita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √śri class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śri class 1 verb]√śri -> śritā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √śri class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śri class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śri class 1 verb]
- lasad -
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√las -> lasat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √las class 1 verb], [vocative single from √las class 1 verb], [accusative single from √las class 1 verb]
- aneka -
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aneka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]aneka (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- puṣpān -
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puṣpa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- vit -
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vid (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vid (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vidh (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vidh (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- Line 2: “dvirephatatisevitā pramadakhañjanālaṃkṛtā”
- dvirepha -
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dvirepha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tati -
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tati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- sevitā -
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sevitṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]sevitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√sev -> sevitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √sev class 1 verb]√sīv -> sevitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √sīv]√sev (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- pramada -
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pramada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pramada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- khañjanā -
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khañjana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]khañjana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]khañjanā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- alaṅkṛtā -
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alaṅkṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative 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 6104 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.