Sanskrit quote nr. 790 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अथाप्रशस्ताः खरतुल्यनादाः प्रदीप्तपुच्छाः कूनखा विवर्णाः ।
निकृत्तकर्णा द्विपमस्तकाश्च भवन्ति ये वा सिततालुजिह्वाः ॥

athāpraśastāḥ kharatulyanādāḥ pradīptapucchāḥ kūnakhā vivarṇāḥ |
nikṛttakarṇā dvipamastakāśca bhavanti ye vā sitatālujihvāḥ ||

Index

  1. Introduction
  2. Glossary of terms
  3. Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
  4. About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

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.

Atha (athā, अथा): defined in 7 categories.
Aprashasta (aprasasta, apraśasta, अप्रशस्त, apraśastā, अप्रशस्ता): defined in 4 categories.
Khara (खर): defined in 20 categories.
Tulya (तुल्य): defined in 14 categories.
Nada (nāda, नाद): defined in 18 categories.
Pradipta (pradīpta, प्रदीप्त): defined in 6 categories.
Puccha (पुच्छ): defined in 10 categories.
Ku (कु): defined in 11 categories.
Nakha (नख): defined in 15 categories.
Vivarna (vivarṇa, विवर्ण, vivarṇā, विवर्णा): defined in 7 categories.
Nikritta (nikrtta, nikṛtta, निकृत्त): defined in 3 categories.
Karna (karṇa, कर्ण): defined in 22 categories.
Dvipa (द्विप): defined in 12 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 8 categories.
Bhavanti (bhavantī, भवन्ती): defined in 3 categories.
Bhavat (भवत्): defined in 4 categories.
Bhavant (भवन्त्): defined in 2 categories.
Ya (य, yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Va (vā, वा): defined in 11 categories.
Sita (सित): defined in 23 categories.
Talujihva (tālujihva, तालुजिह्व): defined in 2 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Jainism, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), India history, Nepali, Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Gitashastra (science of music), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Buddhism, Tamil, Shilpashastra (iconography), 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: “athāpraśastāḥ kharatulyanādāḥ pradīptapucchāḥ kūnakhā vivarṇāḥ
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • apraśastāḥ -
  • apraśasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    apraśastā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • khara -
  • khara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    khara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tulya -
  • tulya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tulya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tul -> tulya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √tul class 10 verb]
    tul -> tulya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √tul class 10 verb]
  • nādāḥ -
  • nāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • pradīpta -
  • pradīpta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pradīpta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pucchāḥ -
  • puccha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nakhā* -
  • nakha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vivarṇāḥ -
  • vivarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vivarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “nikṛttakarṇā dvipamastakāśca bhavanti ye sitatālujihvāḥ
  • nikṛtta -
  • nikṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nikṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karṇā* -
  • karṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • dvipam -
  • dvipa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • astakāś -
  • astaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sita -
  • sita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    -> sita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 4 verb]
    -> sita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 4 verb]
    si -> sita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]
    si -> sita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]
  • tālujihvāḥ -
  • tālujihva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

This 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 790 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.

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