Sanskrit quote nr. 7959 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
एते ते दिवसा वियोगिगुरवः पूरोल्लसत्सिन्धवो ।
विन्ध्यश्यामपयोदनीलनभसो नीपार्जुनामोदिनः ॥ete te divasā viyogiguravaḥ pūrollasatsindhavo |
vindhyaśyāmapayodanīlanabhaso nīpārjunāmodinaḥ ||
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.
Eta (एत, etā, एता): defined in 5 categories.
Etad (एतद्): defined in 2 categories.
Eti (एति): defined in 4 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Divasa (दिवस): defined in 8 categories.
Viyogin (वियोगिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Guru (गुरु): defined in 25 categories.
Vidh (विध्): defined in 1 categories.
Vindhya (विन्ध्य): defined in 13 categories.
Payoda (पयोद): defined in 3 categories.
Bha (भ): defined in 14 categories.
Sah (saḥ, सः): defined in 4 categories.
Nipa (nīpa, नीप, nīpā, नीपा): defined in 12 categories.
Arjuna (अर्जुन, arjunā, अर्जुना): defined in 19 categories.
Amodin (āmodin, आमोदिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Marathi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Prakrit, Hindi, Nepali, Jainism, Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Buddhism, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kavya (poetry), Jain philosophy, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
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: “ete te divasā viyogiguravaḥ pūrollasatsindhavo”
- ete -
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eta (noun, masculine)[locative single]eta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]etā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]etad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]eti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]eṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]eṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative 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]
- divasā* -
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divasa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- viyogi -
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viyogin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]viyogin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- guravaḥ -
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guru (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Cannot analyse pūrollasatsindhavo
- Line 2: “vindhyaśyāmapayodanīlanabhaso nīpārjunāmodinaḥ”
- vindhya -
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vindhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vidh (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- aśyāma -
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√śā (verb class 4)[imperfect active first plural]
- payoda -
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payoda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]payoda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nīlan -
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√nīl -> nīlat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √nīl class 1 verb], [vocative single from √nīl class 1 verb]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- bha -
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bha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nīpā -
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nīpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nīpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nīpā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arjunā -
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arjuna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]arjuna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]arjunā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āmodinaḥ -
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āmodin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]āmodin (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 7959 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.