Sanskrit quote nr. 1817 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अन्ये च बहवो रागा जाता देशविशेषतः ।
मारूप्रभृतयो लोके ते च तद् देशिकाः स्मृताः ॥anye ca bahavo rāgā jātā deśaviśeṣataḥ |
mārūprabhṛtayo loke te ca tad deśikāḥ smṛtāḥ ||
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.
Anya (अन्य, anyā, अन्या): defined in 8 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Bahu (बहु): defined in 22 categories.
Raga (rāga, राग, rāgā, रागा): defined in 26 categories.
Jata (jāta, जात, jātā, जाता): defined in 21 categories.
Desha (desa, deśa, देश): defined in 18 categories.
Ma (mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Aru (अरु): defined in 7 categories.
Prabhriti (prabhrti, prabhṛti, प्रभृति): defined in 8 categories.
Loka (लोक): defined in 22 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Smrita (smrta, smṛta, स्मृत, smṛtā, स्मृता): defined in 4 categories.
Smrito (smrto, smṛto, स्मृतो): defined in 1 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hindi, Kannada, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Nepali, Hinduism, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Buddhism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Jain philosophy, Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)
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: “anye ca bahavo rāgā jātā deśaviśeṣataḥ”
- anye -
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anya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]anyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bahavo* -
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bahu (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- rāgā* -
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rāga (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]rāgā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- jātā* -
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jāta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]jātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb]√jan -> jātā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 4 verb]
- deśa -
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deśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- viśeṣataḥ -
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viśeṣataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “mārūprabhṛtayo loke te ca tad deśikāḥ smṛtāḥ”
- mā -
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mā (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]ma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- arū -
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aru (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- prabhṛtayo* -
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prabhṛti (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- loke -
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loka (noun, masculine)[locative single]√lok (verb class 1)[present middle first 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]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- deśikāḥ -
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deśika (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]deśikā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- smṛtāḥ -
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smṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]smṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]smṛto (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]√smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ 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 1817 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.