Author: A Ramaswamy Iyengar
B S Ramakrishna Rao/
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): C N Ratnam/Brni. Vividisha Chaitanya
Publisher: Chinmaya Mission Trust
Year: 2010
Language: Bi-Lingual
Pages: 704
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9789380864044
Description
From the book:
Quotes heal, seal and help people express what they feel. Sanskrit, being a hoary language, its literature is replete with sayings for every season and reason.
Sukti-Sudha - The Elixir of Adages is a compilation of Sanskrit proverbs culled from Sanskrit literature and its folklore giving a mention of their sources as well as their translation. While genuine care has been taken to be faithful to the original expression, there have been times when the writers have given precendence to the spirit over the letter!
Caught in the rat-race of today's hustle-bustle, the modern man has little time for poems, prayers and parables to bolster his views. This is where adages or proverbs come in handy for everyone. Whether it is the soldier freezing on an inclement glacier, a CEO addressing a boardroom meeting, a lover loading his epistle with romantic overtones, a student debating on a podium, a preacher delivering a landmark sermon or a politician addressing a rally, they take recourse to pithy sayings to pack their messages with punch. How often has a timely and apt quote not uplifted a pathetic person, saved a relationship, nay, altered destinies and histories round the world!
This book is an English translation of more than 3000 Sanskrit adages, culled from traditional sources and everyday wisdom, arranged under topical heads in alphabetical order. The illustrations and ease an charm to the book. A must for all students of Sanskrit language and an ideal reference book and your one point source for Sanskrit quotations in embellish your talks, speeches and writings. As you traverse through the rocks, rivers and rubble of life, may the adages console, counsel and comfort you.
CINMAYAGRANTHAPUSPAM:
1. Isvaradarsanam
2. Sriramajatakam
3. Sulabhasamskrtam
4. Gitanjali
5. Sripadmapadacaritam
6. Smartaprayascittam
7. Laghukarnamrtam
8. Holy Gita Ready Reference
9. The Synthesis of Yoga
10. The Logic of Paramarsa
11. Suktisudha
12. Adi Sankara Nilayam
Contents
1. Excess
2. Guest
3. Vile
4. Unrighteousness
5. Authority
6. Ephemeral
7. Offence
8. Pride
9. Practice
10. Disrespect
11. Attention
12. Opportunity
13. Indiscrimination
14. Food
15. Falsehood
16. Improbability
17. Non-Violence
18. Conduct & Practice
19. Danger
20. Sloth
21. Wish
22. Resort
23. Sense Organ
24. Lord
25. Inspiration
26. Generous
27. Diligence
28. Help
29. Teaching, Advice
30. An Expedient
31. Debt
32. An Unmarried Girl
33. Work
34. Art
35. Poet
36. Cupid
37. Time, Destiny
38. Race
39. Ignoble Woman
40. Ungrateful
41. Miser
42. Cruel
43. Anger
44. Warrior
45. Patience
46. Hunger
47. Arrogance
48. Quality
49. Teacher
50. Home
51. Fickleness
52. Character
53. Anxiety
54. Thief
55. Senseless
56. Victory
57. Self-Controlled
58. Knowledge
59. Factual Knowledge
60. Penance
61. Intense Desire
62. Valour
63. Sacrifice
64. Punishment
65. Compassion
66. Charity
67. Poverty
68. Procrastination
69. Sorrow
70. Wicked
71. Weak
72. Bad Company
73. Envoy
74. Defect
75. Gambling
76. Righteousness
77. Brave
78. Cunning
79. Destruction
80. Free from Attachment
81. Lowly
82. Partiality
83. Learned
84. Chaste Woman
85. Another’s Work
86. Dependence
87. Consequence
88. Making Fun
89. Evil
90. Father
91. Virtue
92. Son, A Dear Child
93. Man
94. Manliness
95. Intelligence
96. Vow
97. Master
98. Vitality
99. Dear
100. Delight
101. Love
102. Fruit, Result
103. Strength
104. Child
105. Intellect
106. Brahmin
107. Devotion
108. Fear
109. Fortune
110. Wife
111. Timid
112. Earth
113. Servant
114. Pleasure
115. Brother
116. Pride
117. Liquor
118. Mind
119. Human Being
120. Fanciful Wish
121. Minister
122. Dull-Witted
123. Noble – minded Person
124. Mother
125. Envy
126. Illusion
127. Fool
128. Death
129. Friendship
130. Liberation
131. Delusion
132. Silence
133. Sacrifice, Oblation
134. Ascetic
135. Fame
136. Begging
137. War
138. Capability
139. Youth
140. Gem, Jewel
141. Demon
142. Attachment
143. King
144. Form, Elegance
145. Disease
146. Prosperity
147. Bashfulness
148. Profit
149. World, Mankind
150. Ways of the World
151. Avarice
152. Deceit
153. Reality or Factuality
154. Garrulous, Talkative
155. Trade
156. Speech
157. Impression of Past Actions
158. Knowledge
159. Fate
160. Humility
161. Separation
162. Discernment
163. Faith
164. Poison
165. Aged Man
166. Harlot
167. Strangeness
168. Physician
169. Enmity
170. Mighty
171. Rogue
172. Foe
173. Body
174. Science, Precept
175. Disciple
176. Conduct, Behaviour
177. Auspiciousness
178. Hero
179. Childhood
180. Felicity
181. Union
182. Doubt
183. Course of Worldly Affairs
184. Company
185. Group
186. Virtuous Person
187. Honesty
188. Inner Strength, Courage
189. Association with the Noble
190. Good Quality
191. Delight
192. Fit Time
193. Competent
194. Helper
195. Good Man
196. Accomplishment
197. Virtuous Deed
198. Happiness
199. Wise Saying
200. Sun
201. Service
202. Beauty
203. Eulogy, Praise
204. Woman
205. Position
206. Firmness
207. Affection
208. Kinsman
209. Disposition, Nature
210. Selfishness
211. Beneficial