Subhashita means good speech. They are wise sayings, instructions and stories, either in poetry or in prose composed in Sanskrit language which is the oldest language in world and considered as “Mother of all Languages”.

Subhashitas were composed by ancient saints and scholars which can be dated back to 5000 BC

Some of the well known sanskrit scholars include Bhartrhari, Subhashita Ratna bhandagara and Somadeva Bhatta.

The Panchatantra and the Hitopadesha also belong to this category. This compilation draws from all these sources in addition to Bhagvad Geetha and other Puranas, Ramayana, and Mahabharata.
Subhasitas act as teacher in formulating the sense of morality and character, which sums up the total of a person’s virtues including dispositions, behaviors, habits, likes, dislikes, capacities, traits, ideals, ideas, values, feelings, and intuitions.

By understanding the meaning one can cultivate a strong and morally superior character

 

 

 

 

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