Sanskrit quote nr. 7859 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
एतस्मिन् कुसुमे स्वभावमहति प्रायो महीयः फलं ।
रम्यं स्वादु सुगन्धि शीतलमलं प्राप्तव्यमित्याशया ॥etasmin kusume svabhāvamahati prāyo mahīyaḥ phalaṃ |
ramyaṃ svādu sugandhi śītalamalaṃ prāptavyamityāśayā ||
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.
Etad (एतद्): defined in 2 categories.
Kusuma (कुसुम): defined in 16 categories.
Svabhava (svabhāva, स्वभाव): defined in 18 categories.
Praya (prāya, प्राय): defined in 8 categories.
Prayas (prāyas, प्रायस्): defined in 4 categories.
Mahiyas (mahīyas, महीयस्): defined in 2 categories.
Phala (फल): defined in 25 categories.
Ramya (रम्य): defined in 14 categories.
Svadu (svādu, स्वादु): defined in 8 categories.
Sugandhi (सुगन्धि, sugandhī, सुगन्धी): defined in 11 categories.
Sugandhin (सुगन्धिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Shitala (sitala, śītala, शीतल): defined in 13 categories.
Alam (अलम्): defined in 9 categories.
Ala (अल): defined in 12 categories.
Praptavya (prāptavya, प्राप्तव्य): defined in 4 categories.
Iti (इति): defined in 6 categories.
Itya (इत्य, ityā, इत्या): defined in 1 categories.
Asha (asa, āśā, आशा): defined in 17 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Nepali, Buddhism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Buddhist philosophy, Jain philosophy, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Hinduism, Vastushastra (architecture), Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Shilpashastra (iconography), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Tamil, Kavya (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: “etasmin kusume svabhāvamahati prāyo mahīyaḥ phalaṃ”
- etasmin -
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etad (noun, neuter)[locative single]eṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- kusume -
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kusuma (noun, masculine)[locative single]kusuma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- svabhāvam -
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svabhāva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- ahati -
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ahati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- prāyo* -
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prāyas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]prāya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mahīyaḥ -
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mahīyas (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]mahīyas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- phalam -
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phala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]phala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]phalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ramyaṃ svādu sugandhi śītalamalaṃ prāptavyamityāśayā”
- ramyam -
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ramya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ramya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ramyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√ram -> ramya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √ram]√ram -> ramya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √ram]√ram -> ramyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √ram]√ram -> ramya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ram]√ram -> ramya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ram class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ram], [accusative single from √ram]
- svādu -
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svādu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]svādu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sugandhi -
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sugandhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sugandhi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sugandhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]sugandhī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]sugandhin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sugandhin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śītalam -
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śītala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śītala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śītalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- alam -
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alam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- prāptavyam -
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prāptavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prāptavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prāptavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ityā -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]itya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]itya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√i -> itya (absolutive)[absolutive from √i]ityā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√i -> itya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> itya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> ityā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
- āśayā -
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āśā (noun, feminine)[instrumental 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 7859 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.