A Sanskrit epigrammatic verse form, typically a single self-contained stanza, expressing a polished maxim, observation or piece of worldly wisdom, collected by the thousands in dedicated Sanskrit anthologies from the classical period onward.
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Place of OriginIndia, classical Sanskrit literary period. 1 StructureA single self-contained stanza, most often in the anushtubh (shloka) meter of four eight-syllable quarters, built to stand alone rather than as part of a longer narrative. 1 Notable ExampleBhartrihari's Shatakatraya, three centuries of subhashita verses on worldly life, love and renunciation. 1 Connections
Associated With
The Panchatantra, Works The Panchatantra frames many of its embedded verses as subhashita-style aphoristic wisdom sayings within its animal-fable narrative.
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Source The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
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Subhashita (Wikipedia)
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A subhashita (Sanskrit: सुभाषित, subhāṣita) is a literary genre of Sanskrit epigrammatic poems and their message is an aphorism, maxim, advice, fact, truth, lesson or riddle.
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