Sanskrit quote nr. 7995 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
एते समुल्लसद्भासो राजन्ते कुन्दकोरकाः ।
शीतभीता लताकुन्दम् आश्रिता इव तारकाः ॥ete samullasadbhāso rājante kundakorakāḥ |
śītabhītā latākundam āśritā iva tārakāḥ ||
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.
Samud (समुद्): defined in 1 categories.
Lasat (लसत्): defined in 5 categories.
Bhasas (bhāsas, भासस्): defined in 2 categories.
Kundaka (कुन्दक): defined in 4 categories.
Raka (रक): defined in 5 categories.
Shitabhita (sitabhita, śītabhīta, शीतभीत, śītabhītā, शीतभीता): defined in 2 categories.
Lata (latā, लता): defined in 19 categories.
Kunda (कुन्द): defined in 23 categories.
Ashrita (asrita, āśrita, आश्रित, āśritā, आश्रिता): defined in 13 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Taraka (tāraka, तारक, tārakā, तारका): defined in 17 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Marathi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Purana (epic history), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Hindi, Hinduism, Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Prakrit, Samkhya (school of philosophy), Nepali, Vedanta (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: “ete samullasadbhāso rājante kundakorakāḥ”
- 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]
- samul -
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samud (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]samud (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- lasad -
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√las -> lasat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √las class 1 verb], [vocative single from √las class 1 verb], [accusative single from √las class 1 verb]
- bhāso* -
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bhāsas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]bhās (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]bhāsa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- rājante -
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√rāj (verb class 1)[present middle third plural]
- kundako -
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kundaka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- rakāḥ -
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raka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “śītabhītā latākundam āśritā iva tārakāḥ”
- śītabhītā* -
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śītabhīta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śītabhītā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- latā -
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latā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kundam -
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kunda (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kunda (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- āśritā* -
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āśrita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]āśritā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tārakāḥ -
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tāraka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]tārakā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative 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 7995 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.