Sanskrit quote nr. 935 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अद्यापि तां सललितश्लथकेशपाशाम् ईषत्समुन्मिषितघूर्णितवक्रनेत्राम् ।
सुप्तोत्थितां विदधतीं मुहुरङ्गभङ्ग पश्यामि दष्टमधरं बहुशः स्पृशन्तीम् ॥

adyāpi tāṃ salalitaślathakeśapāśām īṣatsamunmiṣitaghūrṇitavakranetrām |
suptotthitāṃ vidadhatīṃ muhuraṅgabhaṅga paśyāmi daṣṭamadharaṃ bahuśaḥ spṛśantīm ||

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.

Adyapi (adyāpi, अद्यापि): defined in 3 categories.
Ta (tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Lalita (ललित): defined in 16 categories.
Shlatha (slatha, ślatha, श्लथ): defined in 7 categories.
Keshapasha (kesapasa, keśapāśa, केशपाश): defined in 3 categories.
Ishat (isat, īṣat, ईषत्): defined in 4 categories.
Samud (समुद्): defined in 1 categories.
Ghurnita (ghūrṇita, घूर्णित): defined in 5 categories.
Vakra (वक्र): defined in 9 categories.
Netri (netr, netṛ, नेतृ): defined in 5 categories.
Netra (नेत्र): defined in 16 categories.
Supta (सुप्त, suptā, सुप्ता): defined in 13 categories.
Utthita (utthitā, उत्थिता): defined in 10 categories.
Vi (वि, vī, वी): defined in 8 categories.
Muhur (मुहुर्): defined in 1 categories.
Anga (aṅga, अङ्ग): defined in 21 categories.
Bhanga (bhaṅga, भङ्ग): defined in 15 categories.
Pashya (pasya, paśya, पश्य, paśyā, पश्या): defined in 5 categories.
Amin (अमिन्): defined in 3 categories.
Dashta (dasta, daṣṭa, दष्ट): defined in 7 categories.
Adhara (अधर): defined in 17 categories.
Bahushah (bahusah, bahuśaḥ, बहुशः): defined in 2 categories.
Sprishanti (sprsanti, spṛśantī, स्पृशन्ती): defined in 1 categories.

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

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 salalitaślathakeśapāśām īṣatsamunmiṣitaghūrṇitavakranetrām
  • adyāpi -
  • adyāpi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • lalita -
  • lalita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    lalita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    lal -> lalita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √lal]
    lal -> lalita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √lal]
    lal -> lalita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √lal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lal]
    lal -> lalita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √lal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lal]
  • ślatha -
  • ślatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ślatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ślath (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • keśapāśā -
  • keśapāśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • īṣat -
  • īṣat (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    īṣat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    īṣat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • samun -
  • samud (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    samud (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • miṣita -
  • miṣ -> miṣita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √miṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √miṣ class 6 verb]
    miṣ -> miṣita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √miṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √miṣ class 6 verb]
  • ghūrṇita -
  • ghūrṇ -> ghūrṇita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb]
    ghūrṇ -> ghūrṇita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb]
  • vakra -
  • vakra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vakra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • netrā -
  • netṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]
    netṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    netra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    netra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “suptotthitāṃ vidadhatīṃ muhuraṅgabhaṅga paśyāmi daṣṭamadharaṃ bahuśaḥ spṛśantīm
  • supto -
  • supta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    supta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suptā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    svap -> supta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √svap class 2 verb]
    svap -> supta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √svap class 2 verb]
    svap -> suptā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √svap class 2 verb]
  • utthitām -
  • utthitā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vi -
  • 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]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dadhatī -
  • dadh (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
    dhā (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
    dhā (verb class 3)
    [present active third plural]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • muhur -
  • muhur (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    muhur (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aṅga -
  • aṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṅga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṅg (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhaṅga -
  • bhaṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhaṅga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paśyā -
  • paśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √paś class 10 verb]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • daṣṭam -
  • daṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    daṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    daṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • adharam -
  • adhara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adhara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • bahuśaḥ -
  • bahuśaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • spṛśantīm -
  • spṛś -> spṛśantī (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]

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 935 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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