Sanskrit quote nr. 907 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्यापि तां निधुवनक्लमनिःसहाङ्गीम् आपाण्डुगण्डपतितालककुन्तलालीम् ।
प्रच्छन्नपापकृतमन्तरिवावहन्तीं कण्ठावसक्तमृदुबाहुलतां स्मरामि ॥adyāpi tāṃ nidhuvanaklamaniḥsahāṅgīm āpāṇḍugaṇḍapatitālakakuntalālīm |
pracchannapāpakṛtamantarivāvahantīṃ kaṇṭhāvasaktamṛdubāhulatāṃ smarāmi ||
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.
Adyapi (adyāpi, अद्यापि): defined in 4 categories.
Ta (tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Nidhuvana (निधुवन): defined in 3 categories.
Saha (सह, sahā, सहा): defined in 12 categories.
Sah (सह्): defined in 4 categories.
Apandu (āpāṇḍu, आपाण्डु): defined in 4 categories.
Ganda (gaṇḍa, गण्ड): defined in 19 categories.
Patita (पतित, patitā, पतिता): defined in 15 categories.
Alaka (अलक): defined in 14 categories.
Kuntala (कुन्तल): defined in 12 categories.
Ali (ālī, आली): defined in 16 categories.
Pracchannapapa (pracchannapāpa, प्रच्छन्नपाप): defined in 1 categories.
Krit (krt, kṛt, कृत्): defined in 3 categories.
Krita (krta, kṛta, कृत): defined in 16 categories.
Antar (अन्तर्): defined in 5 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Avahat (अवहत्): defined in 1 categories.
Kanthavasakta (kaṇṭhāvasakta, कण्ठावसक्त): defined in 1 categories.
Du (dū, दू): defined in 9 categories.
Bahulata (bāhulatā, बाहुलता): defined in 3 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Pali, Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Prakrit, Hindi, Tamil, Ayurveda (science of life), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Biology (plants and animals), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Buddhism, 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 tāṃ nidhuvanaklamaniḥsahāṅgīm āpāṇḍugaṇḍapatitālakakuntalālīm”
- adyāpi -
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adyāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tām -
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tā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]sā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- nidhuvana -
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nidhuvana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- klaman -
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√klam -> klamat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √klam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √klam class 1 verb]
- iḥ -
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i (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sahā -
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saha (indeclinable postposition)[indeclinable postposition]saha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]saha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sahā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]sah (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sah (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]√sah (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- āṅgīm -
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āṅgī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- āpāṇḍu -
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āpāṇḍu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āpāṇḍu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]āpāṇḍu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- gaṇḍa -
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gaṇḍa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]gaṇḍa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√gaṇḍ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- patitā -
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patita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]patita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]patitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√pat -> patita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]√pat -> patita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]√pat -> patitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √pat class 1 verb]√pat (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- alaka -
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alaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]alaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kuntalā -
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kuntala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ālīm -
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ālī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “pracchannapāpakṛtamantarivāvahantīṃ kaṇṭhāvasaktamṛdubāhulatāṃ smarāmi”
- pracchannapāpa -
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pracchannapāpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṛtam -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- antar -
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antar (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]antar (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ivā -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- avahantī -
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avahat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]
- im -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- kaṇṭhāvasaktam -
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kaṇṭhāvasakta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kaṇṭhāvasakta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kaṇṭhāvasaktā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ṛ -
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ṛ (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- du -
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dū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- bāhulatām -
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bāhulatā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- smarāmi -
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√smṛ (verb class 1)[present active first 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 907 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.