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 18.6

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यथापि रुचिरं पुष्पं वर्णवत् स्याद् अगन्धवत् ।
एवं सुभाषिता वाचा निष्फलासाव् अकुर्वातः ॥ ६ ॥

yathāpi ruciraṃ puṣpaṃ varṇavat syād agandhavat |
evaṃ subhāṣitā vācā niṣphalāsāv akurvātaḥ || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 18.6 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 (18.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Api, Rucira, Pushpa, Varnavat, Syat, Sya, Gandhavat, Evam, Eva, Subhashita, Atah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 18.6). 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: “yathāpi ruciraṃ puṣpaṃ varṇavat syād agandhavat ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
ruciram -
rucira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rucira (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

rucirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
puṣpam -
puṣpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

puṣpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

puṣpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
varṇavat -
varṇavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

varṇavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
gandhavat -
gandhavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

gandhavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “evaṃ subhāṣitā vācā niṣphalāsāv akurvātaḥ ”
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
subhāṣitā* -
subhāṣita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

subhāṣitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vācā* -
Cannot analyse niṣphalāsāv*ak
akurvā -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[imperfect active first dual]
ataḥ -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019