Sanskrit quote nr. 6397 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उड्डीनं विहगैर्मृतं जलचरैः क्ष्मान्तर्गतं कच्छपैः ।
पाठीनैः पृथुप कपीठलुठनाद्यस्मिन् मुहुर्मूर्च्छितम् ॥uḍḍīnaṃ vihagairmṛtaṃ jalacaraiḥ kṣmāntargataṃ kacchapaiḥ |
pāṭhīnaiḥ pṛthupa kapīṭhaluṭhanādyasmin muhurmūrcchitam ||
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.
Uddina (uḍḍīna, उड्डीन): defined in 6 categories.
Vihaga (विहग): defined in 8 categories.
Mrita (mrta, mṛta, मृत): defined in 13 categories.
Jalacara (जलचर): defined in 7 categories.
Kshmanta (ksmanta, kṣmānta, क्ष्मान्त): defined in 1 categories.
Ric (rc, ṛc, ऋच्): defined in 2 categories.
Ta (त): defined in 11 categories.
Kacchapa (कच्छप): defined in 9 categories.
Pathina (pāṭhīna, पाठीन): defined in 8 categories.
Prithu (prthu, pṛthu, पृथु): defined in 13 categories.
Pa (प): defined in 12 categories.
Kapi (कपि, kapī, कपी): defined in 11 categories.
Tha (ṭha, ठ): defined in 8 categories.
Luthana (luṭhana, लुठन): defined in 2 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Pali, Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Nepali, Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Marathi, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Hinduism, India history, Tamil, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Dharmashastra (religious law), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Biology (plants and animals), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
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: “uḍḍīnaṃ vihagairmṛtaṃ jalacaraiḥ kṣmāntargataṃ kacchapaiḥ”
- uḍḍīnam -
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uḍḍīna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]uḍḍīna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uḍḍīnā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vihagair -
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vihaga (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- mṛtam -
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mṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
- jalacaraiḥ -
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jalacara (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- kṣmāntar -
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kṣmānta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ṛg -
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ṛc (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- kacchapaiḥ -
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kacchapa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “pāṭhīnaiḥ pṛthupa kapīṭhaluṭhanādyasmin muhurmūrcchitam”
- pāṭhīnaiḥ -
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pāṭhīna (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- pṛthu -
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pṛthu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pṛthu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pṛthu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- pa -
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pa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kapī -
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kapī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]kapi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ṭha -
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ṭha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- luṭhanād -
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luṭhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- yasmin -
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ya (noun, masculine)[locative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]
- Cannot analyse muhurmūrcchitam
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 6397 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.