Sanskrit quote nr. 6621 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उत्पादिता स्वयमियं यदि तत् तनूजा ।
तातेन वा यदि तदा भगिनी खलु श्रीः ॥utpāditā svayamiyaṃ yadi tat tanūjā |
tātena vā yadi tadā bhaginī khalu śrīḥ ||
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.
Utpadita (utpāditā, उत्पादिता): defined in 4 categories.
Svayam (स्वयम्): defined in 6 categories.
Iyam (इयम्): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Yadi (यदि): defined in 6 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Tanuja (tanūjā, तनूजा): defined in 6 categories.
Tata (tāta, तात): defined in 18 categories.
Va (व, vā, वा): defined in 11 categories.
Var (vār, वार्): defined in 6 categories.
Tada (tadā, तदा): defined in 10 categories.
Bhagin (भगिन्): defined in 9 categories.
Bhagini (bhaginī, भगिनी): defined in 11 categories.
Khalu (खलु): defined in 6 categories.
Shri (sri, śrī, श्री): defined in 21 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Marathi, Yoga (school of philosophy), Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Purana (epic history), Biology (plants and animals), Pali, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Nepali, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Gitashastra (science of music), Prakrit, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Vastushastra (architecture)
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: “utpāditā svayamiyaṃ yadi tat tanūjā”
- utpāditā -
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utpāditā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- svayam -
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svayam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- iyam -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]ī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tanūjā -
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tanūjā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “tātena vā yadi tadā bhaginī khalu śrīḥ”
- tātena -
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tāta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- tadā -
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tadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tadā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bhaginī -
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bhaginī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]bhagin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- khalu -
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khalu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- śrīḥ -
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śrī (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative plural]śrī (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative 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 6621 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.