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).

ब्राह्मणो वाहितैः पापैः श्रमणः शमिताशुभः ।
प्रव्राजयित्वा तु मलान् उक्तः प्रव्रजितस् त्व् इह ॥ १५ ॥

brāhmaṇo vāhitaiḥ pāpaiḥ śramaṇaḥ śamitāśubhaḥ |
pravrājayitvā tu malān uktaḥ pravrajitas tv iha || 15 ||

The English translation of Verse 11.15 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 (11.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Vahita, Papa, Shramana, Shamitri, Shamita, Ashubha, Pra, Vra, Jayin, Jayi, Tva, Yushmad, Mala, Ukta, Iha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.15). 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: “brāhmaṇo vāhitaiḥ pāpaiḥ śramaṇaḥ śamitāśubhaḥ
  • brāhmaṇo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vāhitaiḥ -
  • vāhita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vāhita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    vah -> vāhita (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √vah]
    vah -> vāhita (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √vah]
  • pāpaiḥ -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śramaṇaḥ -
  • śramaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śamitā -
  • śamita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śamita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śam -> śamita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √śam]
    śam -> śamita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √śam]
    śamitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śamitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śam -> śamita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śam]
    śam -> śamita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √śam]
    śam -> śamitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śam]
    śam (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    śam (verb class 9)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • aśubhaḥ -
  • aśubha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 2: “pravrājayitvā tu malān uktaḥ pravrajitas tv iha
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vrā -
  • vrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • jayi -
  • jayin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jayin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jayī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jayī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    jayī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tvā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • malān -
  • mala (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • uktaḥ -
  • ukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb]
  • pravrajitas -
  • Cannot analyse tv*ih
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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