Sanskrit quote nr. 516 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अतन्त्री वाग्वीणा स्तनयुगलमग्रीवकलसा- वनब्जं दृङ्नीलोत्पलदलमपत्रोरुकदली ।
अकाण्डा दोर्वल्ली वदनमलकलङ्कः शशधरस् तदस्यास्तारुण्यं भुवनविपरीतं घटयति ॥atantrī vāgvīṇā stanayugalamagrīvakalasā- vanabjaṃ dṛṅnīlotpaladalamapatrorukadalī |
akāṇḍā dorvallī vadanamalakalaṅkaḥ śaśadharas tadasyāstāruṇyaṃ bhuvanaviparītaṃ ghaṭayati ||
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.
Tantri (तन्त्रि, tantrī, तन्त्री): defined in 8 categories.
Tantrin (तन्त्रिन्): defined in 2 categories.
Stana (स्तन): defined in 9 categories.
Yugala (युगल): defined in 7 categories.
Agri (अग्रि): defined in 2 categories.
Vakala (वकल): defined in 3 categories.
Va (व): defined in 11 categories.
Nabh (नभ्): defined in 3 categories.
Ja (ज): defined in 7 categories.
Drish (drs, dṛś, दृश्): defined in 4 categories.
Nilotpala (nīlotpala, नीलोत्पल): defined in 10 categories.
Dala (दल): defined in 15 categories.
Roruka (रोरुक): defined in 3 categories.
Dali (दलि): defined in 7 categories.
Dalin (दलिन्): defined in 2 categories.
Akanda (akāṇḍa, अकाण्ड, akāṇḍā, अकाण्डा): defined in 6 categories.
Dos (दोस्): defined in 3 categories.
Da (dā, दा): defined in 7 categories.
Valli (वल्लि, vallī, वल्ली): defined in 18 categories.
Vadana (वदन): defined in 13 categories.
Alaka (अलक): defined in 14 categories.
Lanka (laṅka, लङ्क): defined in 13 categories.
Shashadhara (sasadhara, śaśadhara, शशधर): defined in 4 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Asi (असि, asī, असी): defined in 16 categories.
Iyam (इयम्): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Tarunya (tāruṇya, तारुण्य): defined in 4 categories.
Bhuvana (भुवन): defined in 13 categories.
Viparita (viparīta, विपरीत): defined in 14 categories.
Ghatayat (ghaṭayat, घटयत्): defined in 1 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Pali, Purana (epic history), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Hinduism, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Prakrit, Tamil, Nepali, Yoga (school of philosophy), Shilpashastra (iconography), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kavya (poetry), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), 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: “atantrī vāgvīṇā stanayugalamagrīvakalasā- vanabjaṃ dṛṅnīlotpaladalamapatrorukadalī”
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tantrī -
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tantrī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]tantri (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tantrin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vāgvīṇā -
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- stana -
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stana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√stan (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- yugalam -
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yugala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- agrī -
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agri (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vakala -
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vakala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- va -
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va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nab -
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nabh (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- jam -
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ja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ja (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dṛṅ -
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dṛś (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]dṛś (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- nīlotpala -
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nīlotpala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dalam -
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dala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- apat -
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apad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]apad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb]
- roruka -
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roruka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- dalī -
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dali (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]dalin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “akāṇḍā dorvallī vadanamalakalaṅkaḥ śaśadharas tadasyāstāruṇyaṃ bhuvanaviparītaṃ ghaṭayati”
- akāṇḍā* -
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akāṇḍa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]akāṇḍā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- dor -
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dos (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dā (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]
- vallī -
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vallī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]valli (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vadanam -
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vadana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- alaka -
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alaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]alaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- laṅkaḥ -
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laṅka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śaśadharas -
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śaśadhara (noun, masculine)[nominative 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]
- asyās -
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asi (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]asī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]iyam (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- tāruṇyam -
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tāruṇya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bhuvana -
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bhuvana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhuvana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- viparītam -
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viparīta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]viparīta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]viparītā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ghaṭayati -
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√ghaṭ -> ghaṭayat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √ghaṭ]√ghaṭ -> ghaṭayat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √ghaṭ]√ghaṭ (verb class 0)[present active third 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 516 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.