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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 6.18
अल्पमात्रो ह्य् अयं गन्धो योऽयं तगरचन्दनात् ।
यस् तु शीलवतां गन्धो वाति देवेष्व् अपीह सः ॥ १८ ॥
alpamātro hy ayaṃ gandho yo'yaṃ tagaracandanāt |
yas tu śīlavatāṃ gandho vāti deveṣv apīha saḥ || 18 ||
The English translation of Verse 6.18 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 (6.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Aya, Idam, Gandha, Yah, Tagara, Candana, Shilavat, Shilavata, Vat, Vati, Api, Iha, Sah,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 6.18). 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: “alpamātro hy ayaṃ gandho yo'yaṃ tagaracandanāt ”
- alpamātro -
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- Cannot analyse hy*ay
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- gandho* -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yo' -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tagara -
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tagara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- candanāt -
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candana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]candana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- Line 2: “yas tu śīlavatāṃ gandho vāti deveṣv apīha saḥ ”
- yas -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- śīlavatām -
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śīlavat (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]śīlavat (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]śīlavatā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- gandho* -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vāti -
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vāti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]√vā -> vāt (participle, masculine)[locative single from √vā class 2 verb]√vā -> vāt (participle, neuter)[locative single from √vā class 2 verb]√vā -> vātī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √vā class 2 verb]√vā -> vāt (participle, masculine)[locative single from √vā class 1 verb]√vā -> vāt (participle, neuter)[locative single from √vā class 1 verb]√vā (verb class 2)[present active third single]√vā (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- Cannot analyse deveṣv*ap
- apī -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- saḥ -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]