Sanskrit quote nr. 994 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्यारभ्य कठोरकार्मुकलताविन्यस्तहस्ताम्बुजस् तावन्न प्रकटीकरोमि नयने शोणे निमेषोदयान् ।
यावत् सायककोतिपाटितरिपुक्ष्मापालमौलिस्खलन् मल्लीमाल्यपतत्परागपटलैरामोदिनी मेदिनी ॥adyārabhya kaṭhorakārmukalatāvinyastahastāmbujas tāvanna prakaṭīkaromi nayane śoṇe nimeṣodayān |
yāvat sāyakakotipāṭitaripukṣmāpālamauliskhalan mallīmālyapatatparāgapaṭalairāmodinī medinī ||
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.
Adya (अद्य, adyā, अद्या): defined in 11 categories.
Ad (अद्): defined in 2 categories.
Arabhya (ārabhya, आरभ्य): defined in 5 categories.
Kathora (kaṭhora, कठोर): defined in 7 categories.
Karmuka (kārmuka, कार्मुक): defined in 9 categories.
Lata (latā, लता): defined in 19 categories.
Avinyasta (अविन्यस्त): defined in 1 categories.
Hasta (हस्त, hastā, हस्ता): defined in 19 categories.
Ambuja (अम्बुज): defined in 8 categories.
Tavat (tāvat, तावत्): defined in 2 categories.
Prakati (prakaṭī, प्रकटी): defined in 2 categories.
Nayana (नयन, nayanā, नयना): defined in 15 categories.
Shona (sona, śoṇa, शोण, śoṇā, शोणा): defined in 14 categories.
Nimesha (nimesa, nimeṣa, निमेष): defined in 12 categories.
Udaya (उदय): defined in 21 categories.
Yavat (yāvat, यावत्): defined in 4 categories.
Sayaka (sāyaka, सायक): defined in 10 categories.
Ka (kā, का): defined in 15 categories.
Ku (कु): defined in 11 categories.
Patita (pāṭita, पाटित): defined in 15 categories.
Ripu (रिपु): defined in 13 categories.
Kshmapala (ksmapala, kṣmāpāla, क्ष्मापाल): defined in 2 categories.
Mauli (maulī, मौली): defined in 15 categories.
Skhalat (स्खलत्): defined in 1 categories.
Malli (मल्लि): defined in 8 categories.
Mali (māli, मालि): defined in 9 categories.
Malin (mālin, मालिन्): defined in 8 categories.
Malya (mālya, माल्य): defined in 12 categories.
Paraga (parāga, पराग): defined in 12 categories.
Patala (paṭala, पटल): defined in 25 categories.
Amodin (āmodin, आमोदिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Medin (मेदिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Medini (medinī, मेदिनी): defined in 10 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Jainism, Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Kavya (poetry), Vastushastra (architecture), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Hinduism, Pali, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Shilpashastra (iconography), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Prakrit, Nepali, Dharmashastra (religious law), Tamil, Buddhism, Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy)
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: “adyārabhya kaṭhorakārmukalatāvinyastahastāmbujas tāvanna prakaṭīkaromi nayane śoṇe nimeṣodayān”
- adyā -
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adya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]adya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]adyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ad (noun, masculine)[locative single]ad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- ārabhya -
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ārabhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ārabhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kaṭhora -
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kaṭhora (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kaṭhora (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kārmuka -
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kārmuka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kārmuka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- latā -
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latā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- avinyasta -
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avinyasta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]avinyasta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hastā -
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hasta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]hasta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]hastā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ambujas -
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ambuja (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tāvann -
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tāvat (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- prakaṭī -
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prakaṭī (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- karomi -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[present active first single]
- nayane -
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nayana (noun, masculine)[locative single]nayana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]nayanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- śoṇe -
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śoṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]śoṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]śoṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√śoṇ (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- nimeṣo -
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nimeṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- udayān -
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udaya (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Line 2: “yāvat sāyakakotipāṭitaripukṣmāpālamauliskhalan mallīmālyapatatparāgapaṭalairāmodinī medinī”
- yāvat -
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yāvat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yāvat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yāvat (noun, masculine)[compound]yāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sāyaka -
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sāyaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sāyaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ko -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ku (noun, feminine)[vocative single]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ūti -
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ūti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ūti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- pāṭita -
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pāṭita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pāṭita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√paṭ -> pāṭita (participle, masculine)[compound from √paṭ]√paṭ -> pāṭita (participle, neuter)[compound from √paṭ]√paṭ -> pāṭita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √paṭ]√paṭ -> pāṭita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √paṭ]
- ripu -
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ripu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ripu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ripu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- kṣmāpāla -
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kṣmāpāla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- mauli -
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mauli (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]maulī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]maulin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]maulin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- skhalan -
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skhalat (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]skhalat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√skhal -> skhalat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √skhal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √skhal class 1 verb]√skhal -> skhalat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √skhal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √skhal class 1 verb], [accusative single from √skhal class 1 verb]
- mallī -
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malli (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]malli (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- mālya -
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māli (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]māli (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]māli (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]mālin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]mālin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]mālya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mālya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√mal -> mālya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √mal class 1 verb]√mal -> mālya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √mal class 1 verb]
- apatat -
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√pat (verb class 1)[imperfect active third single]
- parāga -
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parāga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- paṭalair -
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paṭala (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]paṭala (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- āmodinī -
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āmodinī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]āmodin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- medinī -
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medinī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]medin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
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It has serial number 994 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
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