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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 8.4
अल्प मात्रो ह्य् अयं कलिर् य इह्हाक्षेण धनं पराजयेत् ।
अयम् अत्र महत्तरः कलिर् यः सुगतेषु मनः प्रदूषयेत् ॥ ४ ॥
alpa mātro hy ayaṃ kalir ya ihhākṣeṇa dhanaṃ parājayet |
ayam atra mahattaraḥ kalir yaḥ sugateṣu manaḥ pradūṣayet || 4 ||
The English translation of Verse 8.4 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 (8.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Alpa, Aya, Idam, Kali, Dhana, Para, Atra, Mahattara, Yah, Sugata, Mana, Manas, Pra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.4). 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: “alpa mātro hy ayaṃ kalir ya ihhākṣeṇa dhanaṃ parājayet ”
- alpa -
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alpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]alpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mātro* -
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- Cannot analyse hy*ay
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kalir -
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kali (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ya* -
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- Cannot analyse ihhākṣeṇa*dh
- dhanam -
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dhana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- parā -
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parā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]parā (Preverb)[Preverb]parā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- jayet -
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√ji (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “ayam atra mahattaraḥ kalir yaḥ sugateṣu manaḥ pradūṣayet ”
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- atra -
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atra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]atra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mahattaraḥ -
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mahattara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kalir -
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kali (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yaḥ -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sugateṣu -
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sugata (noun, masculine)[locative plural]sugata (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- manaḥ -
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manas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]mana (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- dūṣayet -
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√duṣ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]