Sanskrit quote nr. 7158 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उपाध्यायश्च वैद्यश्च प्रतिभूर्भुक्तनायिका ।
सूतिका दूतिकाश्चैव सिद्धे कार्ये तृणोपमाः ॥upādhyāyaśca vaidyaśca pratibhūrbhuktanāyikā |
sūtikā dūtikāścaiva siddhe kārye tṛṇopamāḥ ||
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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.
Upadhyaya (upādhyāya, उपाध्याय): defined in 8 categories.
Ca (च, cā, चा): defined in 9 categories.
Vaidi (vaidī, वैदी): defined in 1 categories.
Vaidya (वैद्य): defined in 11 categories.
Pratibhu (pratibhū, प्रतिभू): defined in 6 categories.
Bhukta (भुक्त): defined in 8 categories.
Nayika (nāyikā, नायिका): defined in 9 categories.
Sutika (sūtikā, सूतिका): defined in 6 categories.
Dutika (dūtikā, दूतिका): defined in 3 categories.
Siddha (सिद्ध, siddhā, सिद्धा): defined in 23 categories.
Siddhi (सिद्धि): defined in 24 categories.
Karya (kārya, कार्य, kāryā, कार्या): defined in 12 categories.
Trina (trna, tṛṇa, तृण): defined in 12 categories.
Tri (tr, tṛ, तृ): defined in 10 categories.
Upama (उपम, upamā, उपमा): defined in 11 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Hindi, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Dharmashastra (religious law), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Biology (plants and animals), Hinduism, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Buddhism, Kavya (poetry), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Prakrit, Samkhya (school of philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
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: “upādhyāyaśca vaidyaśca pratibhūrbhuktanāyikā”
- upādhyāyaś -
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upādhyāya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vaidyaś -
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vaidī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vaidya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pratibhūr -
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pratibhū (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhukta -
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bhukta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhukta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nāyikā -
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nāyikā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “sūtikā dūtikāścaiva siddhe kārye tṛṇopamāḥ”
- sūtikā* -
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sūtikā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- dūtikāś -
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dūtikā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- siddhe -
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siddha (noun, masculine)[locative single]siddha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]siddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]siddhi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)[locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)[locative single from √sidh class 1 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [locative single from √sidh class 1 verb]√sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 1 verb]
- kārye -
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kārya (noun, masculine)[locative single]kārya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kāryā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative single from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ], [vocative dual from √kṛ], [accusative dual from √kṛ], [locative single from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ], [vocative single from √kṛ], [vocative dual from √kṛ], [accusative dual from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]√kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb], [locative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]√kṝ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √kṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb]√kṛ (verb class 0)[present passive first single]
- tṛṇo -
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tṛṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tṛṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tṛ (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- upamāḥ -
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upama (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]upamā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
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