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).

पुण्यं देवाः प्रशंसन्ति समचर्यां च यश् चरेत् ।
इह चानिन्दितो भवति प्रेत्यस्वर्गे च मोदते ॥ २३ ॥

puṇyaṃ devāḥ praśaṃsanti samacaryāṃ ca yaś caret |
iha cānindito bhavati pretyasvarge ca modate || 23 ||

The English translation of Verse 5.23 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 (5.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Punya, Deva, Prashamsat, Prashamsanti, Samacarya, Yah, Iha, Indita, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Pretya, Svarga, Modat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.23). 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: “puṇyaṃ devāḥ praśaṃsanti samacaryāṃ ca yaś caret
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • devāḥ -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • praśaṃsanti -
  • praśaṃsantī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    praśaṃsantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    praśaṃsantī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    praśaṃsat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • samacaryām -
  • samacaryā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “iha cānindito bhavati pretyasvarge ca modate
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • cān -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • indito* -
  • ind -> indita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ind class 1 verb]
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • pretya -
  • pretya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • svarge -
  • svarga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svarga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svargā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • modate -
  • mud -> modat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √mud class 1 verb]
    mud -> modat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √mud class 1 verb]
    mud (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
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