Sanskrit quote nr. 8838 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
कर्णे तालदलं तनौ मलयजं कर्पूरवासोंऽशुके ।
चूले गुम्फितकेतकीदलभरः कण्ठे नवैकावली ॥karṇe tāladalaṃ tanau malayajaṃ karpūravāsoṃ'śuke |
cūle gumphitaketakīdalabharaḥ kaṇṭhe navaikāvalī ||
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.
Karna (karṇa, कर्ण): defined in 22 categories.
Karni (karṇi, कर्णि): defined in 5 categories.
Tala (tāla, ताल): defined in 25 categories.
Dala (दल): defined in 15 categories.
Tanu (तनु): defined in 16 categories.
Malayaja (मलयज): defined in 4 categories.
Cula (cūla, चूल, cūlā, चूला): defined in 8 categories.
Gumphita (गुम्फित): defined in 4 categories.
Ketaki (केतकि, ketakī, केतकी): defined in 11 categories.
Bhara (भर): defined in 14 categories.
Bharas (भरस्): defined in 1 categories.
Kantha (kaṇṭha, कण्ठ): defined in 20 categories.
Nava (नव, navā, नवा): defined in 16 categories.
Ekavali (ekāvali, एकावलि, ekāvalī, एकावली): defined in 8 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Gitashastra (science of music), Nepali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
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: “karṇe tāladalaṃ tanau malayajaṃ karpūravāsoṃ'śuke”
- karṇe -
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karṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]karṇi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- tāla -
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tāla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tāla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dalam -
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dala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tanau -
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tanu (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- malayajam -
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malayaja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]malayaja (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]malayajā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse karpūravāsoṃ'śuke
- Line 2: “cūle gumphitaketakīdalabharaḥ kaṇṭhe navaikāvalī”
- cūle -
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cūla (noun, masculine)[locative single]cūlā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- gumphita -
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gumphita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]gumphita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√gumph -> gumphita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √gumph class 6 verb]√gumph -> gumphita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √gumph class 6 verb]
- ketakī -
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ketakī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]ketaki (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- dala -
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dala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√dal (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- bharaḥ -
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bharas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]bhara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kaṇṭhe -
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kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)[locative single]√kaṇṭh (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- navai -
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nava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]navā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√nu (verb class 1)[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]√nū (verb class 2)[imperative middle first single]
- ekāvalī -
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ekāvalī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]ekāvali (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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 8838 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.