Sanskrit quote nr. 876 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्यापि तत्कृतकचग्रहमाग्रहेण दन्तैर्मया दशनवाससि खण्ड्यमाने ।
तस्या मनाङ्मुकुलिताक्षमलक्ष्यमाण- सीत्कारगर्भमसकृद्वदनं स्मरामि ॥adyāpi tatkṛtakacagrahamāgraheṇa dantairmayā daśanavāsasi khaṇḍyamāne |
tasyā manāṅmukulitākṣamalakṣyamāṇa- sītkāragarbhamasakṛdvadanaṃ smarāmi ||
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.
Adyapi (adyāpi, अद्यापि): defined in 4 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Kritaka (krtaka, kṛtaka, कृतक): defined in 5 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Graha (ग्रह): defined in 19 categories.
Agrahena (āgraheṇa, आग्रहेण): defined in 1 categories.
Agraha (āgraha, आग्रह): defined in 7 categories.
Danta (दन्त): defined in 20 categories.
Maya (मय, mayā, मया): defined in 29 categories.
Dashanavasas (dasanavasas, daśanavāsas, दशनवासस्): defined in 1 categories.
Manak (manāk, मनाक्): defined in 5 categories.
Mukulitaksha (mukulitaksa, mukulitākṣa, मुकुलिताक्ष): defined in 1 categories.
Alakshya (alaksya, alakṣya, अलक्ष्य): defined in 11 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Hindi, Tamil, Biology (plants and animals), Purana (epic history), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Gitashastra (science of music), Pali, Shilpashastra (iconography), Kavya (poetry), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Buddhism, Sikhism, Vastushastra (architecture), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Arts (wordly enjoyments)
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 tatkṛtakacagrahamāgraheṇa dantairmayā daśanavāsasi khaṇḍyamāne”
- adyāpi -
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adyāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kṛtaka -
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kṛtaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṛtaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- graham -
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graha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]graha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]grahā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- āgraheṇa -
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āgraheṇa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]āgraha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- dantair -
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danta (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- mayā* -
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maya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mayā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- daśanavāsasi -
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daśanavāsas (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- khaṇḍyamāne -
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√khaṇḍ -> khaṇḍyamāna (participle, masculine)[locative single from √khaṇḍ class 10 verb], [locative single from √khaṇḍ]√khaṇḍ -> khaṇḍyamāna (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √khaṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √khaṇḍ class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √khaṇḍ class 10 verb], [locative single from √khaṇḍ class 10 verb], [nominative dual from √khaṇḍ], [vocative dual from √khaṇḍ], [accusative dual from √khaṇḍ], [locative single from √khaṇḍ]√khaṇḍ -> khaṇḍyamānā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √khaṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative single from √khaṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √khaṇḍ class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √khaṇḍ class 10 verb], [nominative dual from √khaṇḍ], [vocative single from √khaṇḍ], [vocative dual from √khaṇḍ], [accusative dual from √khaṇḍ]
- Line 2: “tasyā manāṅmukulitākṣamalakṣyamāṇa- sītkāragarbhamasakṛdvadanaṃ smarāmi”
- tasyā* -
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sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- manāṅ -
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manāk (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- mukulitākṣam -
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mukulitākṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mukulitākṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- alakṣyam -
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alakṣya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]alakṣya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]alakṣyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- āṇa -
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√aṇ (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]√aṇ (verb class 4)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- Cannot analyse sītkāragarbhamasakṛdvadanam*sm
- smarāmi -
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√smṛ (verb class 1)[present active first 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 876 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.