Sanskrit quote nr. 7946 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
एते कूर्चकचाः सकङ्कणरणत्कर्णाटसीमन्तिनी- ।
हस्ताकर्षणलालिताः प्रतिदिनं प्राप्ताः परामुन्नतिम् ॥ete kūrcakacāḥ sakaṅkaṇaraṇatkarṇāṭasīmantinī- |
hastākarṣaṇalālitāḥ pratidinaṃ prāptāḥ parāmunnatim ||
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.
Eta (एत, etā, एता): defined in 5 categories.
Etad (एतद्): defined in 2 categories.
Eti (एति): defined in 4 categories.
Kurcaka (kūrcaka, कूर्चक): defined in 2 categories.
Ca (च, cā, चा): defined in 9 categories.
Kankana (kaṅkaṇa, कङ्कण): defined in 10 categories.
Ranat (raṇat, रणत्): defined in 1 categories.
Karnata (karṇāṭa, कर्णाट): defined in 5 categories.
Simantin (sīmantin, सीमन्तिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Simantini (sīmantinī, सीमन्तिनी): defined in 5 categories.
Hasta (हस्त, hastā, हस्ता): defined in 19 categories.
Akarshana (akarsana, ākarṣaṇa, आकर्षण): defined in 9 categories.
Lalita (lālita, लालित, lālitā, लालिता): defined in 17 categories.
Prati (प्रति): defined in 7 categories.
Dina (दिन): defined in 16 categories.
Prapta (prāpta, प्राप्त, prāptā, प्राप्ता): defined in 8 categories.
Para (parā, परा): defined in 20 categories.
Unnati (उन्नति): defined in 10 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Marathi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Hindi, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Nepali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Prakrit, Hinduism, Kavya (poetry), Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
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: “ete kūrcakacāḥ sakaṅkaṇaraṇatkarṇāṭasīmantinī-”
- ete -
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eta (noun, masculine)[locative single]eta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]etā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]etad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]eti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]eṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]eṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]
- kūrcaka -
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kūrcaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kūrcaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cāḥ -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kaṅkaṇa -
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kaṅkaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kaṅkaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- raṇat -
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raṇat (noun, masculine)[compound]raṇat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√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]
- karṇāṭa -
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karṇāṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- sīmantinī -
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sīmantinī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]sīmantin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “hastākarṣaṇalālitāḥ pratidinaṃ prāptāḥ parāmunnatim”
- hastā -
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hasta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]hasta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]hastā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ākarṣaṇa -
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ākarṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lālitāḥ -
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lālita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]lālitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√lal -> lālita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √lal], [vocative plural from √lal]√lal -> lālitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √lal], [vocative plural from √lal], [accusative plural from √lal]
- prati -
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prati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]prati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- dinam -
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dina (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dina (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dinā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prāptāḥ -
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prāpta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]prāptā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- parām -
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parā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- unnatim -
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unnati (noun, feminine)[accusative 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 7946 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.