Sanskrit quote nr. 244 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अग्रेसरी कुमारी तत्पृष्टे पुङ्खगो यदा तारः ।
सिद्धिस्तदोत्तमा स्याद् दृष्टाप्यादौ वरा दुर्गा ॥agresarī kumārī tatpṛṣṭe puṅkhago yadā tāraḥ |
siddhistadottamā syād dṛṣṭāpyādau varā durgā ||
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.
Agresari (agresarī, अग्रेसरी): defined in 1 categories.
Kumari (kumārī, कुमारी): defined in 17 categories.
Kumarin (kumārin, कुमारिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Prishta (prsta, pṛṣṭa, पृष्ट, pṛṣṭā, पृष्टा): defined in 4 categories.
Prishti (prsti, pṛṣṭi, पृष्टि): defined in 2 categories.
Punkha (puṅkha, पुङ्ख): defined in 7 categories.
Ga (ग): defined in 9 categories.
Yada (yadā, यदा): defined in 5 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Tara (tāra, तार): defined in 26 categories.
Siddhi (सिद्धि): defined in 24 categories.
Tada (tadā, तदा): defined in 10 categories.
Uttama (uttamā, उत्तमा): defined in 21 categories.
Syat (syāt, स्यात्): defined in 2 categories.
Sya (स्य): defined in 3 categories.
Drishta (drsta, dṛṣṭa, दृष्ट, dṛṣṭā, दृष्टा): defined in 13 categories.
Api (āpi, आपि, āpī, आपी): defined in 4 categories.
Apya (āpya, आप्य, āpyā, आप्या): defined in 8 categories.
Adau (ādau, आदौ): defined in 3 categories.
Ada (āda, आद): defined in 9 categories.
Adi (ādi, आदि): defined in 14 categories.
Vara (वर, varā, वरा): defined in 23 categories.
Durga (durgā, दुर्गा): defined in 18 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Jainism, Pali, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Nepali, Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Gitashastra (science of music), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Arthashastra (politics and welfare)
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: “agresarī kumārī tatpṛṣṭe puṅkhago yadā tāraḥ”
- agresarī -
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agresarī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- kumārī -
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kumārī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]kumārī (noun, masculine)[compound]kumārin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- pṛṣṭe -
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pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[locative single]pṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]pṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[locative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]√praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[locative single from √praś class 6 verb]√praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √praś class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √praś class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √praś class 6 verb], [locative single from √praś class 6 verb]√praś -> pṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √praś class 6 verb], [vocative single from √praś class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √praś class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √praś class 6 verb]
- puṅkha -
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puṅkha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- go* -
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ga (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yadā -
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yadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yadā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- tāraḥ -
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tāra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “siddhistadottamā syād dṛṣṭāpyādau varā durgā”
- siddhis -
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siddhi (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tado -
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tadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tadā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- uttamā -
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uttamā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- syād -
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syāt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]syāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√as (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- dṛṣṭā -
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dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[compound from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)[compound from √dṛś]dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
- āpyā -
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āpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]āpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]āpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]āpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]āpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]āpya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]āpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]āpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√āp -> āpya (participle, masculine)[compound from √āp]√āp -> āpya (participle, neuter)[compound from √āp]√i -> āpya (participle, masculine)[compound from √i]√i -> āpya (participle, neuter)[compound from √i]√āp -> āpya (absolutive)[absolutive from √āp]√i -> āpya (absolutive)[absolutive from √i]āpyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√āp -> āpya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √āp]√āp -> āpya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √āp]√āp -> āpyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √āp]√i -> āpya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √i]√i -> āpya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √i]√i -> āpyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √i]āpi (Preverb)[Preverb]
- ādau -
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ādau (indeclinable)[indeclinable]āda (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ādi (noun, masculine)[locative single]ādi (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- varā* -
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vara (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]varā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- durgā -
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durgā (noun, feminine)[nominative 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 244 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.