Sanskrit quote nr. 6862 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

उद्यत्तारुण्यवारुण्यतिशयितमदोच्छ्वासचारुण्यती व ।
प्रोदञ्चत्पञ्चबाणप्रचुररुचिरदृक्चञ्चरीकप्रपञ्चे ॥

udyattāruṇyavāruṇyatiśayitamadocchvāsacāruṇyatī va |
prodañcatpañcabāṇapracuraruciradṛkcañcarīkaprapañce ||

Index

  1. Introduction
  2. Glossary of terms
  3. Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
  4. About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

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.

Udyat (उद्यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Tarunya (tāruṇya, तारुण्य): defined in 4 categories.
Varuni (vāruṇi, वारुणि, vāruṇī, वारुणी): defined in 22 categories.
Varunya (vāruṇya, वारुण्य): defined in 2 categories.
Atishayita (atisayita, atiśayita, अतिशयित): defined in 2 categories.
Ada (अद, adā, अदा): defined in 9 categories.
Ad (अद्): defined in 2 categories.
Ucchvasa (ucchvāsa, उच्छ्वास): defined in 8 categories.
Caru (cāru, चारु): defined in 15 categories.
Va (व): defined in 11 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Hinduism, Jainism, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Nepali, Kavya (poetry), Dharmashastra (religious law), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), 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: “udyattāruṇyavāruṇyatiśayitamadocchvāsacāruṇyatī va
  • udyat -
  • udyat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    udyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tāruṇya -
  • tāruṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāruṇya -
  • vāruṇi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vāruṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vāruṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vāruṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāruṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • atiśayitam -
  • atiśayita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    atiśayita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    atiśayitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ado -
  • ada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ucchvāsa -
  • ucchvāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāruṇya -
  • cāru (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • atī -
  • va -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “prodañcatpañcabāṇapracuraruciradṛkcañcarīkaprapañce
  • Cannot analyse prodañcatpañcabāṇapracuraruciradṛkcañcarīkaprapañce

About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

This 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 6862 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.

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