Sanskrit quote nr. 8883 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
कर्पूरन्ति सुधाद्रवन्ति कमलाहासन्ति हंसन्ति च ।
प्रालेयन्ति हिमालयन्ति करकासारन्ति हारन्ति च ॥karpūranti sudhādravanti kamalāhāsanti haṃsanti ca |
prāleyanti himālayanti karakāsāranti hāranti ca ||
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.
Sudha (sudhā, सुधा): defined in 18 categories.
Dravanti (dravantī, द्रवन्ती): defined in 6 categories.
Dravat (द्रवत्): defined in 2 categories.
Kamala (kamalā, कमला): defined in 22 categories.
Ha (ह, hā, हा): defined in 8 categories.
Han (हन्): defined in 5 categories.
Asat (असत्): defined in 6 categories.
Ham (हम्): defined in 7 categories.
Sat (सत्): defined in 7 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Pra (prā, प्रा): defined in 6 categories.
La (ल, lā, ला): defined in 10 categories.
Li (लि): defined in 7 categories.
Iyat (इयत्): defined in 2 categories.
Himala (himāla, हिमाल): defined in 2 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Nepali, Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Kavya (poetry), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Tamil, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
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: “karpūranti sudhādravanti kamalāhāsanti haṃsanti ca”
- Cannot analyse karpūranti*su
- sudhā -
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sudhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- dravanti -
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dravantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]dravat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√dru (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- kamalā -
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kamalā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- hā -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]hā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]han (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√hā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- asanti -
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asat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- haṃ -
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ham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hā (noun, feminine)[adverb]han (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- santi -
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santi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√as (verb class 2)[present active third plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “prāleyanti himālayanti karakāsāranti hāranti ca”
- prā -
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prā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- le -
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la (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]lā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]li (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- iyanti -
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iyat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- himāla -
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himāla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yanti -
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yanti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[present active third plural]
- karakā -
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- sā -
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sā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ranti -
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ranti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ranti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- hā -
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hā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]han (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√hā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ranti -
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ranti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ranti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative 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 8883 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.