Sanskrit quote nr. 8974 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
कलत्रपुत्रादिनिमित्ततः क्दचिद् ।
विनिन्द्यरूपे विहितेऽपि कर्मणि ॥kalatraputrādinimittataḥ kdacid |
vinindyarūpe vihite'pi karmaṇi ||
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.
Kalatra (कलत्र): defined in 7 categories.
Putradini (putrādinī, पुत्रादिनी): defined in 1 categories.
Mit (मित्): defined in 4 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Tata (तत): defined in 18 categories.
Vi (वि, vī, वी): defined in 8 categories.
Nindin (निन्दिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Nindya (निन्द्य): defined in 4 categories.
Arupa (arūpa, अरूप, arūpā, अरूपा): defined in 10 categories.
Vihita (विहित, vihitā, विहिता): defined in 9 categories.
Vihiti (विहिति): defined in 1 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Karmani (karmaṇi, कर्मणि): defined in 5 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), India history, Marathi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Nepali, Hinduism, Pali, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Gitashastra (science of music), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Tamil
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: “kalatraputrādinimittataḥ kdacid”
- kalatra -
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kalatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- putrādini -
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putrādinī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- mit -
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mit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- Cannot analyse kdacid
- Line 2: “vinindyarūpe vihite'pi karmaṇi”
- vi -
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vi (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]vi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]vi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ve (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, feminine)[adverb]vī (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- nindya -
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nindin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]nindin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nindya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nindya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√nind -> nindya (absolutive)[absolutive from √nind]√nind -> nindya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √nind class 1 verb]√nind -> nindya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √nind class 1 verb]
- arūpe -
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arūpa (noun, masculine)[locative single]arūpa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]arūpā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vihite' -
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vihita (noun, masculine)[locative single]vihita (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vihitā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vihiti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- karmaṇi -
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karmaṇi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]karmaṇi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]karmaṇi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]karman (noun, neuter)[locative 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 8974 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.