Sanskrit quote nr. 7227 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उरसि मुरभिदः का गाढमालिङ्गितास्ते ।
सरसिजमकरन्दामोदिता नन्दने का ॥urasi murabhidaḥ kā gāḍhamāliṅgitāste |
sarasijamakarandāmoditā nandane kā ||
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.
Murabhid (मुरभिद्): defined in 1 categories.
Ka (kā, का): defined in 15 categories.
Gadham (gāḍham, गाढम्): defined in 2 categories.
Gadha (gāḍha, गाढ): defined in 10 categories.
Alingita (āliṅgita, आलिङ्गित, āliṅgitā, आलिङ्गिता): defined in 7 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Sarasija (सरसिज): defined in 4 categories.
Dama (dāma, दाम, dāmā, दामा): defined in 14 categories.
Daman (dāman, दामन्): defined in 6 categories.
Udita (उदित, uditā, उदिता): defined in 11 categories.
Nandana (नन्दन, nandanā, नन्दना): defined in 18 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), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Prakrit, Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hinduism, Nepali, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
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 murabhidaḥ kā gāḍhamāliṅgitāste”
- urasi -
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uras (noun, masculine)[locative single]uras (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- murabhidaḥ -
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murabhid (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- kā* -
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kās (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- gāḍham -
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gāḍham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]gāḍha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gāḍha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]gāḍhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- āliṅgitās -
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āliṅgita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]āliṅgitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “sarasijamakarandāmoditā nandane kā”
- sarasijam -
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sarasija (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sarasija (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sarasijā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- akaran -
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√kṛ (verb class 1)[imperfect active third plural]
- dāmo -
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dāma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dāman (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]dāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dāmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√dā (verb class 2)[imperative active first plural]
- uditā* -
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udita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]uditā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√vad -> udita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vad class 1 verb]√vad -> uditā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vad class 1 verb]
- nandane -
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nandana (noun, masculine)[locative single]nandana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]nandanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kā -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kā (pronoun, feminine)[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 7227 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.