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 13.17

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नायम् अनशनेन जीवते नाहारो हृदयस्य शान्तये ।
आहारः स्थितये तु विद्यते तज् ज्ञात्वा हि चरेत एषणाम् ॥ १७ ॥

nāyam anaśanena jīvate nāhāro hṛdayasya śāntaye |
āhāraḥ sthitaye tu vidyate taj jñātvā hi careta eṣaṇām || 17 ||

The English translation of Verse 13.17 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 (13.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Naya, Anashana, Jivat, Jivata, Naha, Ara, Hridaya, Shanti, Ahara, Sthiti, Eshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 13.17). 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: “nāyam anaśanena jīvate nāhāro hṛdayasya śāntaye ”
nāyam -
nāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
anaśanena -
anaśana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

anaśana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
jīvate -
jīvat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

jīvat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

jīvatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
nāhā -
nāha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
aro* -
ara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hṛdayasya -
hṛdaya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

hṛdaya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
śāntaye -
śānti (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

śānti (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
Line 2: “āhāraḥ sthitaye tu vidyate taj jñātvā hi careta eṣaṇām ”
āhāraḥ -
āhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sthitaye -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vidyate -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]
Cannot analyse taj*jñ
jñātvā -
√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jñā]

√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jñā]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
careta -
√car (verb class 1)

[optative active second plural]
eṣaṇām -
eṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019