Sanskrit quote nr. 878 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्यापि तत्प्रणयभङ्गुरदृष्टिपातं तस्याः स्मरामि रतिविभ्रमगात्रभङ्गम् ।
वस्त्राञ्चलस्खलनचारुपयोधरान्तं दन्तच्छदं दशनखण्डनमण्डनं च ॥adyāpi tatpraṇayabhaṅguradṛṣṭipātaṃ tasyāḥ smarāmi rativibhramagātrabhaṅgam |
vastrāñcalaskhalanacārupayodharāntaṃ dantacchadaṃ daśanakhaṇḍanamaṇḍanaṃ ca ||
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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.
Adyapi (adyāpi, अद्यापि): defined in 4 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 6 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Pranaya (praṇaya, प्रणय): defined in 7 categories.
Bhangura (bhaṅgura, भङ्गुर): defined in 6 categories.
Drishtipata (drstipata, dṛṣṭipāta, दृष्टिपात): defined in 5 categories.
Rati (ratī, रती): defined in 24 categories.
Vibhrama (विभ्रम): defined in 13 categories.
Gatrabhanga (gātrabhaṅga, गात्रभङ्ग): defined in 2 categories.
Vastrancala (vastrāñcala, वस्त्राञ्चल): defined in 1 categories.
Skhalana (स्खलन): defined in 4 categories.
Carupayodhara (cārupayodhara, चारुपयोधर): defined in 1 categories.
Ta (त): defined in 11 categories.
Dantacchada (दन्तच्छद): defined in 2 categories.
Khandana (khaṇḍana, खण्डन): defined in 9 categories.
Mandana (maṇḍana, मण्डन): defined in 8 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 8 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Hindi, Tamil, Biology (plants and animals), Jainism, Vedanta (school of philosophy), India history, Ayurveda (science of life), Prakrit, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), 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: “adyāpi tatpraṇayabhaṅguradṛṣṭipātaṃ tasyāḥ smarāmi rativibhramagātrabhaṅgam”
- adyāpi -
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adyāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- praṇaya -
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praṇaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhaṅgura -
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bhaṅgura (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhaṅgura (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dṛṣṭipātam -
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dṛṣṭipāta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- tasyāḥ -
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sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- smarāmi -
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√smṛ (verb class 1)[present active first single]
- rati -
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rati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ratī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- vibhrama -
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vibhrama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- gātrabhaṅgam -
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gātrabhaṅga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gātrabhaṅgā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “vastrāñcalaskhalanacārupayodharāntaṃ dantacchadaṃ daśanakhaṇḍanamaṇḍanaṃ ca”
- vastrāñcala -
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vastrāñcala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- skhalana -
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skhalana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cārupayodharān -
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cārupayodhara (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- dantacchadam -
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dantacchada (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dantacchadā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- daśana -
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daśana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]daśana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- khaṇḍana -
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khaṇḍana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]khaṇḍana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- maṇḍanam -
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maṇḍana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]maṇḍana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]maṇḍanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative 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 878 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.