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 1.20

कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः ।
शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिध्येदकर्मणः ॥ २० ॥

kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ |
śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasidhyedakarmaṇaḥ || 20 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.20 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 (1.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karman, Tasmat, Tad, Tva, Yushmad, Jyayas, Akarman, Sharirayatra, Api, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.20). 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: “kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ
  • kuru -
  • kuru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kuru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [imperative active second single]
  • karmai -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tasmāt -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • jyāyo* -
  • jyāyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jyāyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • akarmaṇaḥ -
  • akarman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    akarman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasidhyedakarmaṇaḥ
  • śarīrayātrā -
  • śarīrayātrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • sidhyed -
  • sidh (verb class 4)
    [optative active third single]
  • akarmaṇaḥ -
  • akarman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    akarman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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