Sanskrit quote nr. 6892 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उद्यल्लावण्यलक्ष्मीवलयितवपुषां स्वर्गवारा गनानाम् ।
आश्लेषे यः प्रमोदः स्फुरति च गरिमा योऽमृते माधुरीणाम् ॥udyallāvaṇyalakṣmīvalayitavapuṣāṃ svargavārā ganānām |
āśleṣe yaḥ pramodaḥ sphurati ca garimā yo'mṛte mādhurīṇām ||
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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.
Udyat (उद्यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Lavanyalakshmi (lavanyalaksmi, lāvaṇyalakṣmī, लावण्यलक्ष्मी): defined in 1 categories.
Valayita (वलयित): defined in 4 categories.
Vapusha (vapusa, vapuṣā, वपुषा): defined in 3 categories.
Vapus (वपुस्): defined in 7 categories.
Svarga (स्वर्ग): defined in 17 categories.
Vara (vāra, वार, vārā, वारा): defined in 23 categories.
Gat (गत्): defined in 3 categories.
Ashlesha (aslesa, āśleṣa, आश्लेष, āśleṣā, आश्लेषा): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Pramoda (प्रमोद): defined in 14 categories.
Sphurat (स्फुरत्): defined in 6 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Gariman (गरिमन्): defined in 1 categories.
Yu (यु): defined in 6 categories.
Amrita (amrta, amṛta, अमृत, amṛtā, अमृता): defined in 20 categories.
Madhuri (mādhuri, माधुरि, mādhurī, माधुरी): defined in 3 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Jainism, Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Nepali, Buddhism, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Dharmashastra (religious law), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Vedanta (school of philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
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: “udyallāvaṇyalakṣmīvalayitavapuṣāṃ svargavārā ganānām”
- udyal -
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udyat (noun, masculine)[compound]udyat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- lāvaṇyalakṣmī -
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lāvaṇyalakṣmī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- valayita -
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valayita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]valayita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vapuṣām -
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vapuṣā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]vapus (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]vapus (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- svarga -
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svarga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]svarga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vārā* -
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vāra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vārā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- gan -
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gat (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]√gam (verb class 1)[injunctive active second single], [injunctive active third single]√gam (verb class 2)[injunctive active second single], [injunctive active third single]√gam (verb class 3)[injunctive active second single], [injunctive active third single]
- ānām -
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a (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]ā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- Line 2: “āśleṣe yaḥ pramodaḥ sphurati ca garimā yo'mṛte mādhurīṇām”
- āśleṣe -
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āśleṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]āśleṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- yaḥ -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pramodaḥ -
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pramoda (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sphurati -
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sphurat (noun, masculine)[locative single]sphurat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√sphur -> sphurat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √sphur class 6 verb]√sphur -> sphurat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √sphur class 6 verb]√sphur (verb class 6)[present active third single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- garimā -
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gariman (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yo' -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- amṛte -
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amṛta (noun, masculine)[locative single]amṛta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]amṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- mādhurīṇām -
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mādhuri (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]mādhurī (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
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 6892 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.