Sanskrit quote nr. 6995 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उन्मूल्य सितकेशांस्तु मूले मुले च तत्क्षिपेत् ।
ततः केशाः प्रजायन्ते कृष्णाः कौतुककारिणः ॥unmūlya sitakeśāṃstu mūle mule ca tatkṣipet |
tataḥ keśāḥ prajāyante kṛṣṇāḥ kautukakāriṇaḥ ||
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.
Sitakesha (sitakesa, sitakeśa, सितकेश): defined in 2 categories.
Tu (तु): defined in 6 categories.
Mula (mūla, मूल, mūlā, मूला): defined in 27 categories.
Mu (mū, मू): defined in 4 categories.
La (ल, lā, ला): defined in 10 categories.
Li (लि): defined in 7 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Tata (तत): defined in 18 categories.
Praja (प्रज, prajā, प्रजा): defined in 7 categories.
Krishna (krsna, kṛṣṇa, कृष्ण, kṛṣṇā, कृष्णा): defined in 23 categories.
Kautuka (कौतुक): defined in 8 categories.
Karin (kārin, कारिन्): defined in 16 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Buddhist philosophy, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Nepali, Tamil, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Gitashastra (science of music), Shilpashastra (iconography), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Yoga (school of 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: “unmūlya sitakeśāṃstu mūle mule ca tatkṣipet”
- Cannot analyse unmūlya*si
- sitakeśāṃs -
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sitakeśa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- mūle -
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mūla (noun, masculine)[locative single]mūla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mūlā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√mūl (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- mu -
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mu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]mū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]mū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]mū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- le -
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la (noun, masculine)[locative single]lā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]li (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]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kṣipet -
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√kṣip (verb class 6)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “tataḥ keśāḥ prajāyante kṛṣṇāḥ kautukakāriṇaḥ”
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- keśāḥ -
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keśa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- prajā -
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praja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]praja (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]prajā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āyante -
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- kṛṣṇāḥ -
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kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- kautuka -
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kautuka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāriṇaḥ -
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kāri (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]kārin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]kārin (noun, neuter)[ablative 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 6995 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.