Sanskrit quote nr. 8570 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

कन्दर्पप्रतिमल्लकान्तिविभवं कादम्बिनीबान्धवं ।
वृन्दारण्यविलासिनीव्यसनिनं वेषेण भूषामयम् ॥

kandarpapratimallakāntivibhavaṃ kādambinībāndhavaṃ |
vṛndāraṇyavilāsinīvyasaninaṃ veṣeṇa bhūṣāmayam ||

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.

Kandarpa (कन्दर्प): defined in 7 categories.
Pratimalla (प्रतिमल्ल): defined in 1 categories.
Kanti (kāntī, कान्ती): defined in 16 categories.
Vibhava (विभव): defined in 20 categories.
Kadambini (kādambinī, कादम्बिनी): defined in 5 categories.
Bandhava (bāndhava, बान्धव): defined in 8 categories.
Vrindaranya (vrndaranya, vṛndāraṇya, वृन्दारण्य): defined in 1 categories.
Vilasin (vilāsin, विलासिन्): defined in 8 categories.
Vilasini (vilāsinī, विलासिनी): defined in 11 categories.
Vyasanin (व्यसनिन्): defined in 4 categories.
Vesha (vesa, veṣa, वेष): defined in 13 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Kavya (poetry), Marathi, Kannada, Pali, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Prakrit, Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

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: “kandarpapratimallakāntivibhavaṃ kādambinībāndhavaṃ
  • kandarpa -
  • kandarpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pratimalla -
  • pratimalla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kānti -
  • kānti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kāntī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • vibhavam -
  • vibhava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vibhava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vibhavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kādambinī -
  • kādambinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • bāndhavam -
  • bāndhava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “vṛndāraṇyavilāsinīvyasaninaṃ veṣeṇa bhūṣāmayam
  • vṛndāraṇya -
  • vṛndāraṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vilāsinī -
  • vilāsinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    vilāsin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vyasaninam -
  • vyasanin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • veṣeṇa -
  • veṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    veṣa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • bhūṣāma -
  • bhūṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]

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 8570 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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