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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 17.10
उदकेन निजन्ति नेजका इषु कारा नमयन्ति तेजसा ।
दारुं नमयन्ति तक्षका ह्य् आत्मानं दमयन्ति पण्डिताः ॥ १० ॥
udakena nijanti nejakā iṣu kārā namayanti tejasā |
dāruṃ namayanti takṣakā hy ātmānaṃ damayanti paṇḍitāḥ || 10 ||
The English translation of Verse 17.10 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 (17.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Udaka, Nejaka, Kara, Namayanti, Namayat, Tejas, Daru, Atman, Damayanti, Damayat, Pandita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 17.10). 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: “udakena nijanti nejakā iṣu kārā namayanti tejasā ”
- udakena -
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udaka (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- ni -
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ni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ni (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]nī (noun, masculine)[adverb]nī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nī (noun, feminine)[adverb]ni (Preverb)[Preverb]
- janti -
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√jan (verb class 2)[present active third single]
- nejakā* -
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nejaka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- iṣu -
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iṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]i (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- kārā* -
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kāra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kārā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- namayanti -
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namayantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]namayat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tejasā -
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tejas (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- Line 2: “dāruṃ namayanti takṣakā hy ātmānaṃ damayanti paṇḍitāḥ ”
- dārum -
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dāru (noun, masculine)[accusative single]dāru (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- namayanti -
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namayantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]namayat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- takṣakā* -
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- Cannot analyse hy*āt
- ātmānam -
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ātman (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- damayanti -
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damayantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]√dam -> damayantī (participle, feminine)[adverb from √dam]√dam -> damayat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √dam], [vocative plural from √dam], [accusative plural from √dam]√dam -> damayantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √dam]√dam (verb class 0)[present active third plural]
- paṇḍitāḥ -
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paṇḍita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]paṇḍitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]√paṇḍ -> paṇḍitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]