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).

एषोऽञ्जसो ह्य् एष च वै पराक्रमे त्व् एकायनो हंसपथो यथा ह्रदे ।
यम् अध्यगात् शाक्यमुनिः समाहितस् तम् एव चाख्याति गणेष्व् अभीक्ष्णशः ॥ १२ ॥

eṣo'ñjaso hy eṣa ca vai parākrame tv ekāyano haṃsapatho yathā hrade |
yam adhyagāt śākyamuniḥ samāhitas tam eva cākhyāti gaṇeṣv abhīkṣṇaśaḥ || 12 ||

The English translation of Verse 12.12 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 (12.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Esha, Parakrama, Ekayana, Hamsapatha, Yatha, Hrada, Yah, Adhi, Aga, Shakyamuni, Samahita, Eva, Abhikshnashah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.12). 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: “eṣo'ñjaso hy eṣa ca vai parākrame tv ekāyano haṃsapatho yathā hrade
  • eṣo' -
  • eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • añjaso* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*eṣ
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • parākrame -
  • parākrama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse tv*ek
  • ekāyano* -
  • ekāyana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • haṃsapatho* -
  • haṃsapatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • hrade -
  • hrada (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    hradā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “yam adhyagāt śākyamuniḥ samāhitas tam eva cākhyāti gaṇeṣv abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • adhya -
  • adhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    adhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    adhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dhā (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 3)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 4)
    [aorist middle first single]
    adhi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • agāt -
  • aga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    aga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single], [aorist active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [aorist active third single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • śākyamuniḥ -
  • śākyamuni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • samāhitas -
  • samāhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akhyāti -
  • akhyāti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse gaṇeṣv*ab
  • abhīkṣṇaśaḥ -
  • abhīkṣṇaśaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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