Sanskrit quote nr. 117 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अकौसुमी मन्मथचापयश्टि- रनंशुका विभ्रमवैजयन्ती ।
ललाटरङ्गाङ्गणनर्तकीयम् अनञ्जना भ्रूरनुयाति दृष्टम् ॥akausumī manmathacāpayaśṭi- ranaṃśukā vibhramavaijayantī |
lalāṭaraṅgāṅgaṇanartakīyam anañjanā bhrūranuyāti dṛṣṭam ||
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.
Ra (र): defined in 11 categories.
Namshuka (namsuka, naṃśuka, नंशुक, naṃśukā, नंशुका): defined in 1 categories.
Vibhrama (विभ्रम): defined in 13 categories.
Vaijayanti (vaijayantī, वैजयन्ती): defined in 12 categories.
Lalata (lalāṭa, ललाट): defined in 15 categories.
Ranga (raṅga, रङ्ग, raṅgā, रङ्गा): defined in 18 categories.
Angana (aṅgaṇa, अङ्गण): defined in 14 categories.
Nartaki (nartakī, नर्तकी): defined in 7 categories.
Iyam (इयम्): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Ananjana (anañjana, अनञ्जन, anañjanā, अनञ्जना): defined in 2 categories.
Bhru (bhrū, भ्रू): defined in 13 categories.
Anuya (anuyā, अनुया): defined in 2 categories.
Ati (अति): defined in 9 categories.
Drishta (drsta, dṛṣṭa, दृष्ट): defined in 13 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Jainism, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (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: “akausumī manmathacāpayaśṭi- ranaṃśukā vibhramavaijayantī”
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kausumī -
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kausumī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- Cannot analyse manmathacāpayaśṭi*ra
- ra -
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ra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- naṃśukā* -
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naṃśuka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]naṃśukā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vibhrama -
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vibhrama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vaijayantī -
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vaijayantī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- Line 2: “lalāṭaraṅgāṅgaṇanartakīyam anañjanā bhrūranuyāti dṛṣṭam”
- lalāṭa -
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lalāṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√laṭ (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
- raṅgā -
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raṅga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]raṅga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]raṅgā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√raṅg (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- aṅgaṇa -
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aṅgaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nartakī -
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nartakī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- iyam -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]ī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- anañjanā* -
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anañjana (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]anañjanā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhrūr -
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bhrū (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [vocative single]
- anuyā -
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anuyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ati -
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ati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]ati (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- dṛṣṭam -
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dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[adverb from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)[adverb from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 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 117 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.