Sanskrit quote nr. 8151 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
एषा फुल्लकदम्बनीपसुरभौ काले घनोद्भासिते ।
कान्तस्यालयमागता समदना हृष्टा जलार्द्रालका ॥eṣā phullakadambanīpasurabhau kāle ghanodbhāsite |
kāntasyālayamāgatā samadanā hṛṣṭā jalārdrālakā ||
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.
Phullaka (फुल्लक): defined in 2 categories.
Da (द): defined in 7 categories.
Ba (ब): defined in 10 categories.
Nipa (nīpa, नीप): defined in 12 categories.
Surabhi (सुरभि): defined in 20 categories.
Kale (kāle, काले): defined in 3 categories.
Kala (kāla, काल, kālā, काला): defined in 32 categories.
Ghana (घन, ghanā, घना): defined in 22 categories.
Udbhasita (udbhāsita, उद्भासित, udbhāsitā, उद्भासिता): defined in 3 categories.
Kanta (kānta, कान्त): defined in 16 categories.
Alaya (अलय): defined in 15 categories.
Agata (āgatā, आगता): defined in 12 categories.
Samadana (समदन, samadanā, समदना): defined in 6 categories.
Hrishta (hrsta, hṛṣṭa, हृष्ट, hṛṣṭā, हृष्टा): defined in 10 categories.
Jalardra (jalārdra, जलार्द्र, jalārdrā, जलार्द्रा): defined in 2 categories.
Alaka (alakā, अलका): defined in 14 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Kannada, Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Marathi, Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Jainism, Pali, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Dharmashastra (religious law), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Hinduism, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Jain philosophy, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Shyainika-shastra (the science of Hawking and Hunting), Gitashastra (science of music), Nepali, Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Buddhism
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: “eṣā phullakadambanīpasurabhau kāle ghanodbhāsite”
- eṣā -
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eṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- phullaka -
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phullaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- dam -
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da (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]da (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dā (noun, feminine)[adverb]dā (noun, masculine)[adverb]
- ba -
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ba (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nīpa -
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nīpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nīpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- surabhau -
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surabhi (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- kāle -
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kāle (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kāla (noun, masculine)[locative single]kāla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kālā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ghano -
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ghana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ghana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ghanā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- udbhāsite -
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udbhāsita (noun, masculine)[locative single]udbhāsita (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]udbhāsitā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “kāntasyālayamāgatā samadanā hṛṣṭā jalārdrālakā”
- kāntasyā -
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kānta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]kānta (noun, neuter)[genitive single]√kam -> kānta (participle, masculine)[genitive single from √kam class 1 verb]√kam -> kānta (participle, neuter)[genitive single from √kam class 1 verb]
- alayam -
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alaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]alaya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]alayā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√lay (verb class 1)[imperfect active first single]
- āgatā -
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āgatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- samadanā* -
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samadana (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]samadanā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- hṛṣṭā* -
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hṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]hṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√hṛṣ -> hṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb]√hṛṣ -> hṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb]
- jalārdrā -
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jalārdra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jalārdra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]jalārdrā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- alakā -
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alakā (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 8151 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.