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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 8.11
सुभाषितं ह्य् उत्तमं आहुर् आर्या धर्मं वदेन् नाधर्मं तद् द्वितीयम् ।
प्रियं वदेन् नाप्रियं तत् तृतीयं सत्यं वदेन् नासत्यं तच् चतुर्थम् ॥ ११ ॥
subhāṣitaṃ hy uttamaṃ āhur āryā dharmaṃ vaden nādharmaṃ tad dvitīyam |
priyaṃ vaden nāpriyaṃ tat tṛtīyaṃ satyaṃ vaden nāsatyaṃ tac caturtham || 11 ||
The English translation of Verse 8.11 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 (8.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Subhashita, Uttamam, Uttama, Arya, Dharma, Nri, Adharma, Tad, Tat, Dvitiyam, Dvitiya, Priyam, Pri, Priya, Nabh, Tritiyam, Tritiya, Satyam, Satya, Nasatya, Caturtham, Caturtha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “subhāṣitaṃ hy uttamaṃ āhur āryā dharmaṃ vaden nādharmaṃ tad dvitīyam ”
- subhāṣitam -
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subhāṣita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]subhāṣita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]subhāṣitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse hy*ut
- uttamam -
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uttamam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]uttama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]uttama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uttamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- āhur -
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√ah (verb class 5)[perfect active third plural]
- āryā* -
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ārya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]āryā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vaden -
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√vad (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- nā -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- adharmam -
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adharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]adharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dvitīyam -
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dvitīyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dvitīya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dvitīya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dvitīyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “priyaṃ vaden nāpriyaṃ tat tṛtīyaṃ satyaṃ vaden nāsatyaṃ tac caturtham ”
- 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]
- vaden -
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√vad (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- nāp -
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nābh (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- riyam -
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rī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tṛtīyam -
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tṛtīyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tṛtīya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tṛtīya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tṛtīyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- satyam -
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satyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]satya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]satya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]satyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vaden -
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√vad (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- nāsatyam -
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nāsatya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nāsatya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nāsatyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tac -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- caturtham -
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caturtham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]caturtha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]caturtha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]