Sanskrit quote nr. 7057 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उपजापश्चिरारोधोऽवस्कन्दस् तीव्रपौरुषम् ।
दुर्गस्य ल घनोपायाश् चत्वारः कथिता इमे ॥upajāpaścirārodho'vaskandas tīvrapauruṣam |
durgasya la ghanopāyāś catvāraḥ kathitā ime ||
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.
Upajapa (upajāpa, उपजाप): defined in 2 categories.
Cirarodha (cirārodha, चिरारोध): defined in 1 categories.
Avaskanda (अवस्कन्द): defined in 2 categories.
Tivrapaurusha (tivrapaurusa, tīvrapauruṣa, तीव्रपौरुष): defined in 1 categories.
Durga (दुर्ग): defined in 18 categories.
La (ल): defined in 10 categories.
Ghana (घन, ghanā, घना): defined in 22 categories.
Upaya (upāya, उपाय): defined in 18 categories.
Catu (चतु): defined in 8 categories.
Ara (āra, आर): defined in 18 categories.
Kathita (कथित, kathitā, कथिता): defined in 10 categories.
Iyam (इयम्): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Kannada, Hinduism, Jainism, Shilpashastra (iconography), Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Tamil, Pali, Ayurveda (science of life), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Gitashastra (science of music), Nepali, Buddhism, Yoga (school of philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), 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: “upajāpaścirārodho'vaskandas tīvrapauruṣam”
- upajāpaś -
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upajāpa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cirārodho' -
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cirārodha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- avaskandas -
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avaskanda (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tīvrapauruṣam -
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tīvrapauruṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “durgasya la ghanopāyāś catvāraḥ kathitā ime”
- durgasya -
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durga (noun, masculine)[genitive single]durga (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- la -
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la (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ghano -
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ghana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ghana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ghanā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- upāyāś -
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upāya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- catvā -
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catu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]catu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]catu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
- āraḥ -
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āra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]√ṛ (verb class 1)[aorist active second single]√ṛ (verb class 3)[aorist active second single]√ṛ (verb class 5)[aorist active second single]
- kathitā* -
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kathita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kathitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √kath class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √kath class 10 verb]√kath -> kathitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √kath class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √kath class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √kath class 10 verb]
- ime -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
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 7057 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.