Sanskrit quote nr. 869 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्यापि कोकनदचारुसरेखहस्तां तां शातकुम्भकलशस्तनचारुगात्रीम् ।
बिम्बाधरीं विषमबाणनिपीडिताङ्गीं संचिन्तये द्व्यणुकमध्यतनुप्रकाशाम् ॥adyāpi kokanadacārusarekhahastāṃ tāṃ śātakumbhakalaśastanacārugātrīm |
bimbādharīṃ viṣamabāṇanipīḍitāṅgīṃ saṃcintaye dvyaṇukamadhyatanuprakāśām ||
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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.
Adyapi (adyāpi, अद्यापि): defined in 4 categories.
Kokanada (कोकनद): defined in 7 categories.
Caru (cāru, चारु): defined in 15 categories.
Sara (सर, sarā, सरा): defined in 29 categories.
Hasta (hastā, हस्ता): defined in 19 categories.
Ta (tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Bimba (bimbā, बिम्बा): defined in 19 categories.
Dha (ध): defined in 8 categories.
Vishamabana (visamabana, viṣamabāṇa, विषमबाण): defined in 2 categories.
Nipidita (nipīḍita, निपीडित, nipīḍitā, निपीडिता): defined in 4 categories.
Cinti (चिन्ति): defined in 4 categories.
Dvyanuka (dvyaṇuka, द्व्यणुक): defined in 4 categories.
Nu (नु): defined in 1 categories.
Prakasha (prakasa, prakāśā, प्रकाशा): defined in 13 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Pali, Purana (epic history), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Biology (plants and animals), Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Kavya (poetry), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Hindi, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Yoga (school of philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Buddhist philosophy, Shaiva 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: “adyāpi kokanadacārusarekhahastāṃ tāṃ śātakumbhakalaśastanacārugātrīm”
- adyāpi -
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adyāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- kokanada -
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kokanada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- cāru -
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cāru (indeclinable)[indeclinable]cāru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sare -
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sara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]sara (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sari (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√sṛ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- īkha -
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√īkh (verb class 1)[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- hastām -
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hastā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- tām -
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tā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]sā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Cannot analyse śātakumbhakalaśastanacārugātrīm
- Line 2: “bimbādharīṃ viṣamabāṇanipīḍitāṅgīṃ saṃcintaye dvyaṇukamadhyatanuprakāśām”
- bimbā -
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bimbā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- dha -
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dha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rī -
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rī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]rai (noun, masculine)[adverb]
- im -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- viṣamabāṇa -
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viṣamabāṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nipīḍitā -
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nipīḍita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nipīḍita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nipīḍitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āṅgīm -
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āṅgī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- sañ -
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sa (noun, neuter)[adverb]sam (Preverb)[Preverb]
- cintaye -
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cinti (noun, masculine)[dative single]√cint (verb class 10)[present middle first single]
- dvyaṇukam -
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dvyaṇuka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- adhyata -
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√dhā (verb class 1)[aorist middle third plural]√dhā (verb class 2)[aorist middle third plural]√dhā (verb class 3)[aorist middle third plural]√dhā (verb class 4)[aorist middle third plural]
- nu -
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nu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]nu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]nau (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prakāśām -
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prakāśā (noun, feminine)[accusative 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 869 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.