Sanskrit quote nr. 802 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अथोत्तरस्यां दिशि खञ्जरीटम् आलोक्य कोऽपि स्मितमादधानः ।
कस्याश्चिदास्ये स्मितचारुभासि सभावयामास विलोचनानि ॥athottarasyāṃ diśi khañjarīṭam ālokya ko'pi smitamādadhānaḥ |
kasyāścidāsye smitacārubhāsi sabhāvayāmāsa vilocanāni ||
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.
Atha (athā, अथा): defined in 7 categories.
Atho (अथो): defined in 2 categories.
Uttara (uttarā, उत्तरा): defined in 25 categories.
Dish (dis, diś, दिश्): defined in 8 categories.
Khanjarita (khañjarīṭa, खञ्जरीट): defined in 6 categories.
Alokya (ālokya, आलोक्य): defined in 2 categories.
Ku (कु): defined in 11 categories.
Ka (क, kā, का): defined in 15 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Smita (स्मित): defined in 9 categories.
Ada (āda, आद): defined in 9 categories.
Dhana (dhāna, धान): defined in 16 categories.
Cit (चित्): defined in 11 categories.
Asya (āsya, आस्य, āsyā, आस्या): defined in 10 categories.
Caru (cāru, चारु): defined in 15 categories.
Bhasin (bhāsin, भासिन्): defined in 2 categories.
Sabha (sabhā, सभा): defined in 11 categories.
Vilocana (विलोचन): defined in 6 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Hinduism, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Gitashastra (science of music), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Dharmashastra (religious law), Buddhism, Tamil, Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Nepali, Shaiva philosophy, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Arthashastra (politics and welfare)
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: “athottarasyāṃ diśi khañjarīṭam ālokya ko'pi smitamādadhānaḥ”
- atho -
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athā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]atho (indeclinable)[indeclinable]atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- uttarasyām -
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uttarā (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- diśi -
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diś (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- khañjarīṭam -
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khañjarīṭa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- ālokya -
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ālokya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ko' -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ku (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- smitam -
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smita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]smita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]smitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√smi -> smita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √smi class 1 verb]√smi -> smita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √smi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smi class 1 verb]
- āda -
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āda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]āda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ad (verb class 2)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- dhānaḥ -
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dhāna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “kasyāścidāsye smitacārubhāsi sabhāvayāmāsa vilocanāni”
- kasyāś -
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kā (pronoun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- cid -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- āsye -
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āsya (noun, masculine)[locative single]āsya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]āsyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √ās]√ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √ās], [vocative dual from √ās], [accusative dual from √ās], [locative single from √ās]√ās -> āsyā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √ās], [vocative single from √ās], [vocative dual from √ās], [accusative dual from √ās]√as -> āsya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √as]√as -> āsya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √as], [vocative dual from √as], [accusative dual from √as], [locative single from √as]√as -> āsyā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √as], [vocative single from √as], [vocative dual from √as], [accusative dual from √as]√ās (verb class 2)[present passive first single], [imperfect passive first single]√as (verb class 4)[imperfect passive first single]√ās (verb class 0)[present passive first single], [imperfect passive first single]√as (verb class 0)[present passive first single], [imperfect passive first single]
- smita -
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smita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]smita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√smi -> smita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √smi class 1 verb]√smi -> smita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √smi class 1 verb]
- cāru -
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cāru (indeclinable)[indeclinable]cāru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bhāsi -
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bhāsī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhāsin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bhāsin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]bhās (noun, feminine)[locative single]√bhā (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- sabhā -
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sabhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- avayāmā -
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√vay (verb class 1)[imperfect active first plural]
- asa -
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asan (noun, neuter)[compound]
- vilocanāni -
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vilocana (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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 802 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.