Syainika Sastra [sanskrit]

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The Sanskrit text of the Syainika-Sastra attributed to king Rudradeva (or Candradeva) from the 13th century. This book deals with Hunting and Hawking and is written as a traditional type of Sanskrit educational treatise (Shastra). It contains 368 Sanskrit verses and contains many overlapping topics, such as the treatment and diet of birds.

Verse 1.17

तथाच गाथाः श्रूयन्ते पितृभिः समुदाहृताः ।
विरक्तस्य रुचेः सम्यक्श्रेयसे हृदयंगमाः ॥ १७ ॥

tathāca gāthāḥ śrūyante pitṛbhiḥ samudāhṛtāḥ |
viraktasya ruceḥ samyakśreyase hṛdayaṃgamāḥ || 17 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.17 is contained in the book Syainika-Sastra (Ancient Text on Hawking) by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! Sanskrit text by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Gatha, Pitri, Samudahrita, Virakta, Ruci, Samyakshreyas, Hridayangama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.17). 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: “tathāca gāthāḥ śrūyante pitṛbhiḥ samudāhṛtāḥ
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aca -
  • ac (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    añc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • gāthāḥ -
  • gātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gāthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śrūyante -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [present passive third plural]
  • pitṛbhiḥ -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • samudāhṛtāḥ -
  • samudāhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samudāhṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “viraktasya ruceḥ samyakśreyase hṛdayaṃgamāḥ
  • viraktasya -
  • virakta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    virakta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • ruceḥ -
  • ruci (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ruci (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • samyakśreyase -
  • samyakśreyas (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • hṛdayaṅgamāḥ -
  • hṛdayaṅgama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    hṛdayaṅgamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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