Sanskrit quote nr. 8844 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
कर्णोत्तंसः शिशुशुकवधूपिच्छलीलं शिरीषं ।
सान्तःसूत्राः परिमलमुचो मल्लिकानां च हाराः ॥karṇottaṃsaḥ śiśuśukavadhūpicchalīlaṃ śirīṣaṃ |
sāntaḥsūtrāḥ parimalamuco mallikānāṃ ca hārāḥ ||
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.
Karna (karṇa, कर्ण): defined in 22 categories.
Uttamsa (uttaṃsa, उत्तंस): defined in 4 categories.
Shishu (sisu, śiśu, शिशु): defined in 11 categories.
Shuka (suka, śuka, शुक): defined in 18 categories.
Vadhu (वधु): defined in 9 categories.
Piccha (पिच्छ): defined in 7 categories.
Shirisha (sirisa, śirīṣa, शिरीष): defined in 15 categories.
Anta (अन्त): defined in 16 categories.
Sutra (sūtra, सूत्र): defined in 21 categories.
Parimala (परिमल): defined in 9 categories.
Muc (मुच्): defined in 1 categories.
Muca (मुच): defined in 1 categories.
Mallika (मल्लिक, mallikā, मल्लिका): defined in 15 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Hara (hāra, हार, hārā, हारा): defined in 18 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Prakrit, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Dharmashastra (religious law), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Buddhism, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Nepali
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: “karṇottaṃsaḥ śiśuśukavadhūpicchalīlaṃ śirīṣaṃ”
- karṇo -
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karṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- uttaṃsaḥ -
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uttaṃsa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śiśu -
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śiśu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]śiśu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]śiśu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- śuka -
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śuka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śuka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vadhū -
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vadhū (noun, feminine)[compound]vadhu (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- piccha -
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piccha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- līlam -
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līlā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śirīṣam -
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śirīṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “sāntaḥsūtrāḥ parimalamuco mallikānāṃ ca hārāḥ”
- sā -
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sā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- antaḥ -
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anta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sūtrā -
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sūtra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- parimala -
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parimala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- muco* -
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muc (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]muc (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]muc (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]muca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mallikānām -
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mallika (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]mallikā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hārāḥ -
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hāra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]hārā (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 8844 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.