Sanskrit quote nr. 8616 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
कपाले यद्वदापः स्युः श्वदृतौ वा यथा पयः ।
आश्रयस्थानदोषेण वृत्तहीने तथा श्रुतम् ॥kapāle yadvadāpaḥ syuḥ śvadṛtau vā yathā payaḥ |
āśrayasthānadoṣeṇa vṛttahīne tathā śrutam ||
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.
Kapala (kapāla, कपाल): defined in 17 categories.
Yadvada (यद्वद, yadvadā, यद्वदा): defined in 1 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Apas (अपस्): defined in 7 categories.
Shvadriti (svadrti, śvadṛti, श्वदृति): defined in 1 categories.
Va (व, vā, वा): defined in 11 categories.
Var (vār, वार्): defined in 6 categories.
Yatha (yathā, यथा): defined in 6 categories.
Payas (पयस्): defined in 16 categories.
Ashraya (asraya, āśraya, आश्रय): defined in 12 categories.
Ashri (asri, āśri, आश्रि): defined in 4 categories.
Tha (थ): defined in 8 categories.
Adosha (adosa, adoṣa, अदोष): defined in 7 categories.
Vrittahina (vrttahina, vṛttahīna, वृत्तहीन, vṛttahīnā, वृत्तहीना): defined in 1 categories.
Tatha (tathā, तथा): defined in 6 categories.
Shruta (sruta, śruta, श्रुत): defined in 10 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Buddhism, India history, Prakrit, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Nepali, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Dharmashastra (religious law), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Kavya (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: “kapāle yadvadāpaḥ syuḥ śvadṛtau vā yathā payaḥ”
- kapāle -
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kapāla (noun, masculine)[locative single]kapāla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kapāli (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- yadvadā -
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yadvada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yadvada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]yadvadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- apaḥ -
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apas (noun, feminine)[compound], [vocative single]apas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]apas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ap (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]ap (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- syuḥ -
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√as (verb class 2)[optative active third plural]
- śvadṛtau -
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śvadṛti (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- payaḥ -
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payas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “āśrayasthānadoṣeṇa vṛttahīne tathā śrutam”
- āśrayas -
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āśraya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]āśri (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- thān -
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tha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- adoṣeṇa -
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adoṣa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]adoṣa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- vṛttahīne -
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vṛttahīna (noun, masculine)[locative single]vṛttahīna (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vṛttahīnā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- śrutam -
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śruta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śruta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śrutā (noun, feminine)[adverb]śrut (noun, feminine)[accusative single]śrut (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]√śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
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 8616 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.