Sanskrit quote nr. 7856 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
एतस्मादमृतं सुरैः शतमखेनोच्चैःश्रवाः सद्गुणः ।
कृष्णेनाद्भुतविक्रमैकवसतिर्लक्ष्मीः समासादिता ॥etasmādamṛtaṃ suraiḥ śatamakhenoccaiḥśravāḥ sadguṇaḥ |
kṛṣṇenādbhutavikramaikavasatirlakṣmīḥ samāsāditā ||
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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.
Etad (एतद्): defined in 2 categories.
Amrita (amrta, amṛta, अमृत): defined in 20 categories.
Sura (सुर): defined in 24 categories.
Shatamakha (satamakha, śatamakha, शतमख): defined in 2 categories.
Uccaihshravas (uccaihsravas, uccaiḥśravas, उच्चैःश्रवस्): defined in 5 categories.
Krishna (krsna, kṛṣṇa, कृष्ण): defined in 23 categories.
Adbhuta (अद्भुत): defined in 16 categories.
Vikrama (विक्रम): defined in 15 categories.
Aika (ऐक): defined in 2 categories.
Vasati (वसति): defined in 9 categories.
Lakshmi (laksmi, lakṣmī, लक्ष्मी): defined in 20 categories.
Samasadita (samāsāditā, समासादिता): defined in 2 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Hinduism, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Buddhism, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Nepali, Shilpashastra (iconography), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Vastushastra (architecture), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Tamil
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: “etasmādamṛtaṃ suraiḥ śatamakhenoccaiḥśravāḥ sadguṇaḥ”
- etasmād -
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etad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]eṣa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- amṛtam -
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amṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]amṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]amṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- suraiḥ -
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sura (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]sura (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- śatamakheno -
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śatamakha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- uccaiḥśravāḥ -
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uccaiḥśravas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sadguṇaḥ -
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sadguṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “kṛṣṇenādbhutavikramaikavasatirlakṣmīḥ samāsāditā”
- kṛṣṇenā -
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kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- adbhuta -
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adbhuta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adbhuta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vikramai -
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vikrama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- aika -
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aika (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aika (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vasatir -
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vasati (noun, feminine)[nominative single]vasati (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- lakṣmīḥ -
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lakṣmī (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [accusative plural]
- samāsāditā -
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samāsāditā (noun, 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 7856 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.