Sanskrit quote nr. 1779 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अन्यस्त्रीस्पृहयालवो जगति के पद्भ्यामगम्या च का को धातुर्दशने समस्तमनुजैः का प्रार्थ्यतेऽहर्निशम् ।
दृष्ट्वैकां यवनेश्वरो निजपुरे पद्माननां कामिनीं मित्रं प्राह किमादरेण सहसा यारानदीदंशमा ॥anyastrīspṛhayālavo jagati ke padbhyāmagamyā ca kā ko dhāturdaśane samastamanujaiḥ kā prārthyate'harniśam |
dṛṣṭvaikāṃ yavaneśvaro nijapure padmānanāṃ kāminīṃ mitraṃ prāha kimādareṇa sahasā yārānadīdaṃśamā ||
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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.
Ani (anī, अनी): defined in 12 categories.
Tri (त्रि): defined in 10 categories.
Sprihayalu (sprhayalu, spṛhayālu, स्पृहयालु): defined in 2 categories.
Jagat (जगत्): defined in 9 categories.
Jagati (jagatī, जगती): defined in 16 categories.
Ka (क, kā, का): defined in 15 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Pat (पत्): defined in 3 categories.
Pad (पद्): defined in 4 categories.
Agamya (agamyā, अगम्या): defined in 6 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Dhatri (dhatr, dhātṛ, धातृ): defined in 16 categories.
Dhatu (dhātu, धातु): defined in 26 categories.
Samasta (समस्त): defined in 11 categories.
Anuja (अनुज): defined in 10 categories.
Prarthya (prārthya, प्रार्थ्य): defined in 2 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Aharnisha (aharnisa, aharniśa, अहर्निश): defined in 7 categories.
Aika (aikā, ऐका): defined in 2 categories.
Yavaneshvara (yavanesvara, yavaneśvara, यवनेश्वर): defined in 1 categories.
Nija (निज): defined in 10 categories.
Pur (पुर्): defined in 5 categories.
Pura (पुर, purā, पुरा): defined in 18 categories.
Puri (पुरि): defined in 8 categories.
Padma (पद्म): defined in 26 categories.
Ana (anā, अना): defined in 12 categories.
Kamini (kāminī, कामिनी): defined in 14 categories.
Mitra (मित्र): defined in 17 categories.
Praha (prāha, प्राह): defined in 1 categories.
Adara (ādara, आदर): defined in 7 categories.
Sahasa (सहस, sahasā, सहसा): defined in 13 categories.
Ya (yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Ara (अर): defined in 18 categories.
Ad (अद्): defined in 2 categories.
Damsha (damsa, daṃśa, दंश): defined in 11 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Nepali, Jainism, Shilpashastra (iconography), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Purana (epic history), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Buddhism, Hinduism, Kavya (poetry), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
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: “anyastrīspṛhayālavo jagati ke padbhyāmagamyā ca kā ko dhāturdaśane samastamanujaiḥ kā prārthyate'harniśam”
- anyas -
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anī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- trī -
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tri (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- spṛhayālavo* -
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spṛhayālu (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]spṛhayālu (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- jagati -
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jagatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]jagat (noun, masculine)[locative single]jagat (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- ke -
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ka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]ka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- padbhyām -
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pat (noun, masculine)[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]pat (noun, neuter)[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]pad (noun, masculine)[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
- agamyā -
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agamyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kā -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ko* -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dhātur -
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dhātṛ (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]dhātu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]dhātu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- daśane -
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daśana (noun, masculine)[locative single]daśana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- samastam -
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samasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]samasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]samastā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- anujaiḥ -
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anuja (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]anuja (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- kā -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- prārthya -
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prārthya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prārthya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- te' -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- aharniśam -
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aharniśa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “dṛṣṭvaikāṃ yavaneśvaro nijapure padmānanāṃ kāminīṃ mitraṃ prāha kimādareṇa sahasā yārānadīdaṃśamā”
- dṛṣṭvai -
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√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dṛś]
- aikām -
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aikā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- yavaneśvaro* -
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yavaneśvara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nija -
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nija (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nija (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pure -
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pur (noun, feminine)[dative single]pura (noun, masculine)[locative single]pura (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]purā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]puri (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√pur (verb class 6)[present middle first single]
- padmān -
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padma (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- anā -
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anā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- kāminīm -
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kāminī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- mitram -
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mitra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mitra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mitrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prāha -
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prāha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- ādareṇa -
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ādara (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- sahasā* -
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sahasa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sahasā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arān -
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ara (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]√rā (verb class 2)[imperfect active third plural]
- adī -
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ad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- daṃśam -
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daṃśa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]daṃśa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]daṃśā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ā (Preverb)[Preverb]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
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It has serial number 1779 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
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