Sanskrit quote nr. 9271 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
कस्राघातैः सुरभिरभितः सत्वरं ताडनीयो ।
गाढाम्रेडं मलयमरुतः शृङ्खलादाम दत्त ॥kasrāghātaiḥ surabhirabhitaḥ satvaraṃ tāḍanīyo |
gāḍhāmreḍaṃ malayamarutaḥ śṛṅkhalādāma datta ||
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.
Surabhi (सुरभि): defined in 20 categories.
Satvara (सत्वर): defined in 4 categories.
Tadani (tāḍanī, ताडनी): defined in 2 categories.
Yu (यु): defined in 6 categories.
Gadha (gāḍhā, गाढा): defined in 10 categories.
Resh (res, reṣ, रेष्): defined in 2 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Malayamarut (मलयमरुत्): defined in 2 categories.
Shrinkhaladaman (srnkhaladaman, śṛṅkhalādāman, शृङ्खलादामन्): defined in 1 categories.
Datta (दत्त): defined in 12 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Sanskrit, Pali, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Kavya (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: “kasrāghātaiḥ surabhirabhitaḥ satvaraṃ tāḍanīyo”
- Cannot analyse kasrāghātaiḥ*su
- surabhir -
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surabhi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- abhitaḥ -
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abhitaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- satvaram -
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satvara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]satvara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]satvarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tāḍanī -
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tāḍanī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- yo -
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yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “gāḍhāmreḍaṃ malayamarutaḥ śṛṅkhalādāma datta”
- gāḍhām -
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gāḍhā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- reḍ -
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reṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]reṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ap (noun, feminine)[compound]ap (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- malayamarutaḥ -
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malayamarut (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- śṛṅkhalādāma -
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śṛṅkhalādāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- datta -
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datta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]datta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√dā (verb class 3)[imperative active second plural]
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 9271 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.