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).

दुष्करं दुस्तितीक्षं च श्रामण्यं मन्दबुद्धिना ।
बहवस् तत्र सम्बाधा यत्र मन्दो विषीदति ॥ ६ ॥

duṣkaraṃ dustitīkṣaṃ ca śrāmaṇyaṃ mandabuddhinā |
bahavas tatra sambādhā yatra mando viṣīdati || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 11.6 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 (11.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dushkara, Duh, Titi, Iksha, Shramanya, Mandabuddhi, Bahu, Bahava, Tatra, Sambadha, Yatra, Manda, Vish, Vishin, Dat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.6). 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: “duṣkaraṃ dustitīkṣaṃ ca śrāmaṇyaṃ mandabuddhinā
  • duṣkaram -
  • duṣkara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    duṣkara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    duṣkarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dus -
  • duḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dur (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dur (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • titī -
  • titi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    titi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    titi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • īkṣam -
  • īkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    īkṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    īkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śrāmaṇyam -
  • śrāmaṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mandabuddhinā -
  • mandabuddhi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mandabuddhi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “bahavas tatra sambādhā yatra mando viṣīdati
  • bahavas -
  • bahu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bahava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sambādhā* -
  • sambādha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sambādhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mando* -
  • manda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • viṣī -
  • viṣ (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    viṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dati -
  • dat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
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