Sanskrit quote nr. 6950 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उन्निद्रकोकनदरेणुपिश गिता गा ।
गायन्ति मञ्जु मधुपा गृहदीर्घिकासु ॥unnidrakokanadareṇupiśa gitā gā |
gāyanti mañju madhupā gṛhadīrghikāsu ||
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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.
Unnidraka (उन्निद्रक): defined in 1 categories.
Uka (उक): defined in 6 categories.
Nada (नद): defined in 18 categories.
Pisha (pisa, piśa, पिश): defined in 5 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tas (तस्): defined in 4 categories.
Ga (gā, गा): defined in 9 categories.
Gayanti (gāyantī, गायन्ती): defined in 2 categories.
Gayat (gāyat, गायत्): defined in 3 categories.
Manju (mañju, मञ्जु): defined in 9 categories.
Madhupa (मधुप, madhupā, मधुपा): defined in 4 categories.
Dirghika (dīrghikā, दीर्घिका): defined in 3 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Gitashastra (science of music), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Nepali
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: “unnidrakokanadareṇupiśa gitā gā”
- unnidrako -
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unnidraka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- uka -
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uka (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- nada -
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nada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√nad (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- reṇu -
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reṇu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- piśa -
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piśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- gi -
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gī (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tā* -
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ta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- gā -
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gā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “gāyanti mañju madhupā gṛhadīrghikāsu”
- gāyanti -
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gāyantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]gāyat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√gā (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- mañju -
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mañju (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]mañju (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]mañju (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- madhupā* -
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madhupa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]madhupā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]madhupā (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- gṛha -
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gṛha (noun, masculine)[compound]
- dīrghikāsu -
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dīrghikā (noun, feminine)[locative 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 6950 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.