Sanskrit quote nr. 6953 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उन्निद्रेण मयाद्य चिन्तितमभूद्यत्रावतारा हरेर् ।
आख्याता दश कीर्तितोऽसि न कथं तत्र त्वमेकादशः ॥unnidreṇa mayādya cintitamabhūdyatrāvatārā harer |
ākhyātā daśa kīrtito'si na kathaṃ tatra tvamekādaśaḥ ||
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.
Unnidra (उन्निद्र): defined in 4 categories.
Maya (मय): defined in 29 categories.
Cintita (चिन्तित): defined in 6 categories.
Yatra (यत्र): defined in 12 categories.
Akhyata (ākhyāta, आख्यात, ākhyātā, आख्याता): defined in 9 categories.
Kirtita (kīrtita, कीर्तित): defined in 5 categories.
Asi (asī, असी): defined in 16 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Katham (कथम्): defined in 2 categories.
Tatra (तत्र): defined in 4 categories.
Tva (त्व): defined in 3 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Ayurveda (science of life), Hindi, Kannada, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Nepali, Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), 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: “unnidreṇa mayādya cintitamabhūdyatrāvatārā harer”
- unnidreṇa -
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unnidra (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]unnidra (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- mayād -
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maya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ya -
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- cintitam -
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cintita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cintita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cintitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- abhūd -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[aorist active third single]
- yatrā -
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yatra (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- avatārā* -
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- Cannot analyse harer
- Line 2: “ākhyātā daśa kīrtito'si na kathaṃ tatra tvamekādaśaḥ”
- ākhyātā* -
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ākhyāta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ākhyātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- daśa -
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daśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]daśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√daṃś (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- kīrtito' -
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kīrtita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√kīrt -> kīrtita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √kīrt class 10 verb]
- asi -
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asi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]asi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]asī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tvam -
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tva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tva (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- ekādaśaḥ -
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ekādaśa (noun, masculine)[nominative 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 6953 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.