Sanskrit quote nr. 4764 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
आदौ माता गुरोः पत्नी ब्रह्मणी राजपत्निका ।
धेनुर्धात्री तथा पृथ्वी सप्तैता मातरः स्मृताः ॥ādau mātā guroḥ patnī brahmaṇī rājapatnikā |
dhenurdhātrī tathā pṛthvī saptaitā mātaraḥ 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.
Adau (ādau, आदौ): defined in 3 categories.
Ada (āda, आद): defined in 9 categories.
Adi (ādi, आदि): defined in 14 categories.
Mata (māta, मात, mātā, माता): defined in 12 categories.
Guru (गुरु): defined in 25 categories.
Patni (patnī, पत्नी): defined in 6 categories.
Brahman (ब्रह्मन्): defined in 12 categories.
Rajapatni (rājapatnī, राजपत्नी): defined in 5 categories.
Ka (kā, का): defined in 15 categories.
Dhenu (धेनु): defined in 12 categories.
Dhatri (dhātri, धात्रि, dhātrī, धात्री): defined in 17 categories.
Tatha (tathā, तथा): defined in 6 categories.
Prithvi (prthvi, pṛthvī, पृथ्वी): defined in 19 categories.
Sapta (सप्त, saptā, सप्ता): defined in 10 categories.
Eta (एत, etā, एता): defined in 5 categories.
Matri (matr, mātṛ, मातृ): defined in 10 categories.
Smrita (smrta, smṛta, स्मृत, smṛtā, स्मृता): defined in 4 categories.
Smrito (smrto, smṛto, स्मृतो): defined in 1 categories.
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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: “ādau mātā guroḥ patnī brahmaṇī rājapatnikā”
- 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]
- mātā* -
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māta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- guroḥ -
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guru (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- patnī -
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patnī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- brahmaṇī -
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brahman (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- rājapatni -
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rājapatnī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- kā -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “dhenurdhātrī tathā pṛthvī saptaitā mātaraḥ smṛtāḥ”
- dhenur -
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dhenu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]dhenu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dhātrī -
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dhātrī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]dhātri (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- pṛthvī -
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pṛthvī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- saptai -
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sapta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sapta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]saptā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]√sap -> saptā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √sap class 1 verb]
- etā* -
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eta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]etā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]eṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- mātaraḥ -
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mātṛ (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 4764 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.