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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 5.16
आत्मानं चेत् प्रियं विद्याद् गोपयेत् तं सुगोपितम् ।
यथा प्रत्यन्तनगरं गुप्तम् अन्तर् बहिस्थिरम् ॥ १६ ॥
ātmānaṃ cet priyaṃ vidyād gopayet taṃ sugopitam |
yathā pratyantanagaraṃ guptam antar bahisthiram || 16 ||
The English translation of Verse 5.16 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 (5.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atman, Priyam, Pri, Priya, Vidya, Sugopa, Yatha, Pratyanta, Nagara, Guptam, Gupta, Antar, Bahi, Sthira,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “ātmānaṃ cet priyaṃ vidyād gopayet taṃ sugopitam ”
- ātmānam -
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ātman (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Cannot analyse cet*pr
- priyam -
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priyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]priya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]priya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]priyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]prī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]prī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- vidyād -
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vidya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√vid (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- go -
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go (noun, masculine)[compound]gu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- payet -
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√pay (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√pi (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√pī (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- sugopi -
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sugopā (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “yathā pratyantanagaraṃ guptam antar bahisthiram ”
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- pratyanta -
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pratyanta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pratyanta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nagaram -
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nagaram (adverb)[adverb]nagara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nagara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- guptam -
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guptam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]gupta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gupta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]guptā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√gup -> gupta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √gup class 4 verb]√gup -> gupta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √gup class 4 verb], [accusative single from √gup class 4 verb]
- antar -
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antar (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]antar (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bahi -
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bahi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bahi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]bahi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]bahī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]bahī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]bahī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sthiram -
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sthira (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sthira (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sthirā (noun, feminine)[adverb]