Sanskrit quote nr. 7796 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
एतत् तद्वक्त्रमत्र क्व तदधरमधु क्वायतास्ते कटाक्षाः ।
क्वालापाः कोमलास्ते क्व स मदनधनुर्भङ्गुरो भ्रूविलासः ॥etat tadvaktramatra kva tadadharamadhu kvāyatāste kaṭākṣāḥ |
kvālāpāḥ komalāste kva sa madanadhanurbhaṅguro bhrūvilāsaḥ ||
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.
Etad (एतद्): defined in 2 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Vaktra (वक्त्र): defined in 13 categories.
Atra (अत्र): defined in 5 categories.
Kva (क्व): defined in 2 categories.
Adharamadhu (अधरमधु): defined in 1 categories.
Ku (कु, kū, कू): defined in 11 categories.
Ayata (āyata, आयत, āyatā, आयता): defined in 14 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Kataksha (kataksa, kaṭākṣa, कटाक्ष): defined in 7 categories.
Alapa (ālāpa, आलाप, ālāpā, आलापा): defined in 12 categories.
Komala (कोमल, komalā, कोमला): defined in 13 categories.
Madana (मदन): defined in 17 categories.
Dhanu (धनु): defined in 13 categories.
Dhanus (धनुस्): defined in 15 categories.
Bhangura (bhaṅgura, भङ्गुर): defined in 6 categories.
Bhruvilasa (bhrūvilāsa, भ्रूविलास): defined in 2 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Nepali, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Tamil, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kannada, Buddhism, Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Prakrit, Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
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: “etat tadvaktramatra kva tadadharamadhu kvāyatāste kaṭākṣāḥ”
- etat -
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etad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]etad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vaktram -
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vaktra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vaktra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- atra -
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atra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]atra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kva -
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kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- adharamadhu -
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adharamadhu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kvā -
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ku (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ku (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]kū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- āyatās -
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āyata (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]āyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- kaṭākṣāḥ -
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kaṭākṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “kvālāpāḥ komalāste kva sa madanadhanurbhaṅguro bhrūvilāsaḥ”
- kvā -
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ku (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ku (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]kū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- ālāpāḥ -
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ālāpa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ālāpā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- komalās -
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komala (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]komalā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- kva -
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kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- madana -
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madana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]madana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhanur -
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dhanus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dhanu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]dhanu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhaṅguro* -
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bhaṅgura (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhrūvilāsaḥ -
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bhrūvilāsa (noun, masculine)[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 7796 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.