Sanskrit quote nr. 957 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्यापि तामलमसीलितचारुनेत्रां लोलद्भुजावलयझंकृतिमावहन्तीम् ।
वेल्लत्करोरुकुचमुन्नमितस्वकर्णे कण्डूयनं विदधतीं हृदि चिन्तयामि ॥adyāpi tāmalamasīlitacārunetrāṃ loladbhujāvalayajhaṃkṛtimāvahantīm |
vellatkarorukucamunnamitasvakarṇe kaṇḍūyanaṃ vidadhatīṃ hṛdi cintayāmi ||
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.
Tamala (tāmala, तामल): defined in 13 categories.
Asi (असि, asī, असी): defined in 16 categories.
Ilita (इलित): defined in 2 categories.
Carunetra (cārunetrā, चारुनेत्रा): defined in 2 categories.
Loladbhuja (लोलद्भुज): defined in 1 categories.
Alaya (अलय): defined in 15 categories.
Jhan (jhaṅ, झङ्): defined in 1 categories.
Kriti (krti, kṛti, कृति): defined in 13 categories.
Hanti (हन्ति): defined in 3 categories.
Kara (कर): defined in 21 categories.
Uru (उरु): defined in 16 categories.
Kuca (कुच): defined in 10 categories.
Unnamita (उन्नमित): defined in 2 categories.
Svaka (स्वक, svakā, स्वका): defined in 4 categories.
Rina (rna, ṛṇa, ऋण, ṛṇā, ऋणा): defined in 7 categories.
Kanduyana (kaṇḍūyana, कण्डूयन): defined in 6 categories.
Vi (वि, vī, वी): defined in 8 categories.
Hrid (hrd, hṛd, हृद्): defined in 13 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Hinduism, Jainism, Pali, Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Prakrit, Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Buddhism, Vastushastra (architecture), Jain philosophy, Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Shilpashastra (iconography), Yoga (school of philosophy), Kavya (poetry), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Gitashastra (science of music)
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 tāmalamasīlitacārunetrāṃ loladbhujāvalayajhaṃkṛtimāvahantīm”
- adyāpi -
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adyāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tāmalam -
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tāmala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tāmala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- asī -
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asi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- ilita -
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√il -> ilita (participle, masculine)[compound from √il]√il -> ilita (participle, neuter)[compound from √il]√il -> ilita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √il class 10 verb], [vocative single from √il]√il -> ilita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √il class 10 verb], [vocative single from √il]
- cārunetrām -
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cārunetrā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- loladbhujāva -
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loladbhuja (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- alaya -
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alaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]alaya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jhaṅ -
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jhaṅ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- kṛtim -
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kṛti (noun, feminine)[accusative single]kṛti (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- āva -
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√av (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]√u (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]√u (verb class 2)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]√u (verb class 5)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]āva (Preverb)[Preverb]
- hantī -
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hanti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√han (verb class 2)[present active third single]
- im -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “vellatkarorukucamunnamitasvakarṇe kaṇḍūyanaṃ vidadhatīṃ hṛdi cintayāmi”
- vellat -
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√vell -> vellat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vell class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vell class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vell class 1 verb]
- karo -
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kara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√kṛ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- uru -
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uru (indeclinable)[indeclinable]uru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]uru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kucam -
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kuca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- unnamita -
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unnamita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]unnamita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- svakar -
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svaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]svaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]svakā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ṛṇe -
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ṛṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]ṛṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ṛṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kaṇḍūyanam -
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kaṇḍūyana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- 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]vi (Preverb)[Preverb]
- dadhatī -
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√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 -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- hṛdi -
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hṛd (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- cintayāmi -
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√cint (verb class 10)[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 957 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.