Sanskrit quote nr. 9184 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

कस्तूरीतिलकं ललाटफलके वक्षःस्थले कौस्तुभं ।
नासाग्रे नवमौक्तिकं करतले वेणुं करे कङ्कणम् ॥

kastūrītilakaṃ lalāṭaphalake vakṣaḥsthale kaustubhaṃ |
nāsāgre navamauktikaṃ karatale veṇuṃ kare kaṅkaṇam ||

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.

Kasturi (kastūri, कस्तूरि, kastūrī, कस्तूरी): defined in 13 categories.
Tilaka (तिलक): defined in 17 categories.
Lalataphalaka (lalāṭaphalaka, ललाटफलक): defined in 1 categories.
Vakshahsthala (vaksahsthala, vakṣaḥsthala, वक्षःस्थल): defined in 2 categories.
Kaustubha (कौस्तुभ): defined in 11 categories.
Nasagra (nāsāgra, नासाग्र): defined in 6 categories.
Navama (नवम): defined in 5 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Karatala (करतल, karatalā, करतला): defined in 10 categories.
Venu (veṇu, वेणु): defined in 20 categories.
Kara (कर): defined in 20 categories.
Kankana (kaṅkaṇa, कङ्कण): defined in 10 categories.

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

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: “kastūrītilakaṃ lalāṭaphalake vakṣaḥsthale kaustubhaṃ
  • kastūrī -
  • kastūrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    kastūri (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tilakam -
  • tilaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tilakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • lalāṭaphalake -
  • lalāṭaphalaka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • vakṣaḥsthale -
  • vakṣaḥsthala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • kaustubham -
  • kaustubha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kaustubha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “nāsāgre navamauktikaṃ karatale veṇuṃ kare kaṅkaṇam
  • nāsāgre -
  • nāsāgra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • navama -
  • navama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    navama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ukti -
  • ukti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • karatale -
  • karatala (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    karatalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • veṇum -
  • veṇu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kare -
  • kari (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    kari (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    kara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kṛ (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • kaṅkaṇam -
  • kaṅkaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kaṅkaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kaṅkaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

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 9184 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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