Udanavarga [sanskrit]

by W. Woodville Rockhill | 1892 | 13,101 words

The Udanavarga is a collection of Sanskrit verses representing aphorisms attributed to the Buddha and his disciples. The Udanavarga resembles the Pali Dhammapada and Udana, yet it belong the ancient tradition of early Buddhism. Alternative titles: Udānavarga (उदानवर्ग).

Verse 1.4

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को नु हर्षः क आनन्द एवं प्रज्वलिते सति ।
अन्धकारं प्रविष्टाः स्थ प्रदीपं न गवेषथ ॥ ४ ॥

ko nu harṣaḥ ka ānanda evaṃ prajvalite sati |
andhakāraṃ praviṣṭāḥ stha pradīpaṃ na gaveṣatha || 4 ||

The English translation of Verse 1.4 is contained in the book Udanavarga by W. Woodville Rockhill.

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Harsha, Kim, Ananda, Evam, Eva, Prajvalita, Sat, Sati, Andhakara, Pravishta, Stha, Pradipa, Gavesha, Tha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.4). 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: “ko nu harṣaḥ ka ānanda evaṃ prajvalite sati ”
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
harṣaḥ -
harṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ka*ā -
ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
ān -
a (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ānanda* -
ānanda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prajvalite -
prajvalita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

prajvalita (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

prajvalitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sati -
satī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

sat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “andhakāraṃ praviṣṭāḥ stha pradīpaṃ na gaveṣatha ”
andhakāram -
andhakāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
praviṣṭāḥ -
praviṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

praviṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
stha -
stha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

stha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second plural]
pradīpam -
pradīpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pradīpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gaveṣa -
gaveṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gaveṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tha -
tha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019