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).

अप्रमादो ह्य् अमृतपदं प्रमादो मृत्युनः पदम् ।
अप्रमत्ता न ंरियन्ते ये प्रमत्ताः सदा मृताः ॥ १ ॥

apramādo hy amṛtapadaṃ pramādo mṛtyunaḥ padam |
apramattā na ṃriyante ye pramattāḥ sadā mṛtāḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Verse 4.1 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 (4.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Amritapa, Pramada, Mriti, Pada, Apramatta, Yah, Yat, Pramatta, Sada, Mrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.1). 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: “apramādo hy amṛtapadaṃ pramādo mṛtyunaḥ padam
  • apramādo* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*am
  • amṛtapa -
  • amṛtapa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    amṛtapa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dam -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • pramādo* -
  • pramāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mṛtyu -
  • mṛti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • unaḥ -
  • ū (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • padam -
  • pada (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “apramattā na ṃriyante ye pramattāḥ sadā mṛtāḥ
  • apramattā* -
  • apramatta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    apramattā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse ṃriyante*ye
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pramattāḥ -
  • pramatta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pramattā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sadā* -
  • sada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mṛtāḥ -
  • mṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]
    mṛ -> mṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]
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