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).

पुनः पुनः संसरते गर्भम् एति पुनः पुनः ।
इत्थं भावान्यथी भावः संसारे त्व् आगतिं गतिम् ॥ १२ ॥

punaḥ punaḥ saṃsarate garbham eti punaḥ punaḥ |
itthaṃ bhāvānyathī bhāvaḥ saṃsāre tv āgatiṃ gatim || 12 ||

The English translation of Verse 3.12 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 (3.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Puna, Sarat, Sarata, Garbha, Ittham, Ittha, Bhavat, Bhava, Yat, Yad, Samsara, Samsari, Agati, Gati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.12). 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: “punaḥ punaḥ saṃsarate garbham eti punaḥ punaḥ
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • sarate -
  • sarat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    sarat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    saratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sṛ -> sarat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √sṛ class 1 verb]
    sṛ -> sarat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √sṛ class 1 verb]
  • garbham -
  • garbha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    garbhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “itthaṃ bhāvānyathī bhāvaḥ saṃsāre tv āgatiṃ gatim
  • ittham -
  • ittham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ittha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhāvān -
  • bhāvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • bhāvaḥ -
  • bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (verb class 2)
    [present active first dual]
  • saṃsāre -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse tv*āg
  • āgatim -
  • āgati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • gatim -
  • gati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    gati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
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