Sanskrit quote nr. 6492 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उत्तमास् ताजिकाः प्रोक्ताः पारसीकाः समुद्रजाः ।
कोक्काणाखतलाणाश्च तथा सौराष्ट्रजा हयाः ॥uttamās tājikāḥ proktāḥ pārasīkāḥ samudrajāḥ |
kokkāṇākhatalāṇāśca tathā saurāṣṭrajā hayāḥ ||
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.
Uttama (उत्तम, uttamā, उत्तमा): defined in 21 categories.
Tajika (tājika, ताजिक): defined in 2 categories.
Prokta (प्रोक्त, proktā, प्रोक्ता): defined in 4 categories.
Parasika (pārasīka, पारसीक, pārasīkā, पारसीका): defined in 5 categories.
Samudraja (समुद्रज, samudrajā, समुद्रजा): defined in 3 categories.
Ka (kā, का): defined in 15 categories.
Ku (कु): defined in 11 categories.
Uksh (uks, ukṣ, उक्ष्): defined in 1 categories.
Kana (kāṇa, काण, kāṇā, काणा): defined in 17 categories.
Akha (ākha, आख): defined in 3 categories.
Tala (तल, talā, तला): defined in 25 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Tatha (tathā, तथा): defined in 6 categories.
Saurashtra (saurastra, saurāṣṭra, सौराष्ट्र): defined in 10 categories.
Ja (ज, jā, जा): defined in 7 categories.
Haya (हय): defined in 13 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Kavya (poetry), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Buddhism, Ayurveda (science of life), Nepali, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Gitashastra (science of music), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Hinduism
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: “uttamās tājikāḥ proktāḥ pārasīkāḥ samudrajāḥ”
- uttamās -
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uttama (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]uttamā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tājikāḥ -
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tājika (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- proktāḥ -
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prokta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]proktā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- pārasīkāḥ -
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pārasīka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]pārasīkā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- samudrajāḥ -
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samudraja (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]samudrajā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “kokkāṇākhatalāṇāśca tathā saurāṣṭrajā hayāḥ”
- ko -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ku (noun, feminine)[vocative single]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- uk -
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ukṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ukṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kāṇā -
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kāṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kāṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]kāṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ākha -
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ākha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- talā -
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tala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]talā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√tal (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- aṇā -
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√aṇ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- aś -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- saurāṣṭra -
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saurāṣṭra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]saurāṣṭra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jā* -
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ja (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]jā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- hayāḥ -
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haya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
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 6492 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.