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).

यां बुद्धो भाषते वाचं क्षेमां निर्वाणप्राप्तये ।
दुह्खस्यान्तक्रिया युक्तां सा हि वाक् साधु भाषिता ॥ १५ ॥

yāṃ buddho bhāṣate vācaṃ kṣemāṃ nirvāṇaprāptaye |
duhkhasyāntakriyā yuktāṃ sā hi vāk sādhu bhāṣitā || 15 ||

The English translation of Verse 8.15 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 (8.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Buddha, Vac, Vaca, Kshema, Nirvana, Prapti, Yukta, Sadhu, Bhashitri, Bhashita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.15). 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: “yāṃ buddho bhāṣate vācaṃ kṣemāṃ nirvāṇaprāptaye
  • yām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • buddho* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhāṣate -
  • bhāṣ (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • vācam -
  • vācā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vāca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vāc (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • kṣemām -
  • kṣemā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • nirvāṇa -
  • nirvāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirvāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāptaye -
  • prāpti (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “duhkhasyāntakriyā yuktāṃ hi vāk sādhu bhāṣitā
  • Cannot analyse duhkhasyāntakriyā*yu
  • yuktām -
  • yuktā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    yuj -> yuktā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vāk -
  • vāc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • sādhu -
  • sādhu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sādhu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    sādhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sādhu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhāṣitā -
  • bhāṣitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhāṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhāṣ (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
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