Sanskrit quote nr. 7225 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उरसि निहितस् तारो हारः कृता जघने घने ।
कलकलवती काञ्ची पादौ रणन्मणिनूपुरौ ॥urasi nihitas tāro hāraḥ kṛtā jaghane ghane |
kalakalavatī kāñcī pādau raṇanmaṇinūpurau ||
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.
Uras (उरस्): defined in 6 categories.
Nihita (निहित): defined in 9 categories.
Tara (tāra, तार): defined in 26 categories.
Hara (hāra, हार): defined in 18 categories.
Krita (krta, kṛta, कृत, kṛtā, कृता): defined in 16 categories.
Jaghana (जघन): defined in 7 categories.
Ghana (घन, ghanā, घना): defined in 21 categories.
Kalakalavat (कलकलवत्): defined in 1 categories.
Kanci (kāñci, काञ्चि, kāñcī, काञ्ची): defined in 17 categories.
Pada (pāda, पाद): defined in 28 categories.
Padu (pādu, पादु): defined in 5 categories.
Ranat (raṇat, रणत्): defined in 1 categories.
Nupura (nūpura, नूपुर): defined in 10 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Gitashastra (science of music), Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Kavya (poetry), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Vastushastra (architecture), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Arts (wordly enjoyments)
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: “urasi nihitas tāro hāraḥ kṛtā jaghane ghane”
- urasi -
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uras (noun, masculine)[locative single]uras (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- nihitas -
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nihita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tāro* -
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tāra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- hāraḥ -
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hāra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kṛtā* -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
- jaghane -
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jaghana (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- ghane -
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ghana (noun, masculine)[locative single]ghana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ghanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “kalakalavatī kāñcī pādau raṇanmaṇinūpurau”
- kalakalavatī -
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kalakalavat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kāñcī -
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kāñcī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]kāñci (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kāñci (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- pādau -
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pāda (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]pādu (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- raṇan -
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raṇat (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]raṇat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√raṇ -> raṇat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √raṇ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √raṇ class 1 verb]√raṇ -> raṇat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √raṇ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √raṇ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √raṇ class 1 verb]
- maṇi -
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maṇi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- nūpurau -
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nūpura (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative 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 7225 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.