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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 1.32
आयुर् दिवा च रात्रौ च चरतस् तिष्ठतस् तथा ।
नदीनां वा यथा स्रोतो गच्छते न निवर्तते ॥ ३२ ॥
āyur divā ca rātrau ca caratas tiṣṭhatas tathā |
nadīnāṃ vā yathā sroto gacchate na nivartate || 32 ||
The English translation of Verse 1.32 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 (1.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ayurda, Ratrau, Ratra, Tishthat, Tatha, Nadina, Nadi, Var, Yatha, Srota, Srotas, Gacchat, Gacchata, Nivarta, Tad, Yushmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.32). 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: “āyur divā ca rātrau ca caratas tiṣṭhatas tathā ”
- āyurdi -
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āyurdā (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rātrau -
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rātrau (indeclinable)[indeclinable]rātra (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- caratas -
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√car (verb class 1)[present active third dual]
- tiṣṭhatas -
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√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [ablative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [genitive single from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)[ablative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [genitive single from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā (verb class 1)[present active third dual]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “nadīnāṃ vā yathā sroto gacchate na nivartate ”
- nadīnām -
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nadīnā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]nadi (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]nadi (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]nadi (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]nadī (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- sroto* -
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srotas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]srota (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- gacchate -
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gacchat (noun, masculine)[dative single]gacchat (noun, neuter)[dative single]gacchatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√gam (verb class 1)[present middle third single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nivarta -
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nivarta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nivarta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]