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).

श्रेष्ठस्य वाक्यं क्षमते भयेन संरम्भ हेतोः सदृशस्य चैव ।
यो वै निहीनस्य वचः क्षमेत ताम् उत्तमां क्षान्तिम् इहाहुर् आर्याः ॥ १४ ॥

śreṣṭhasya vākyaṃ kṣamate bhayena saṃrambha hetoḥ sadṛśasya caiva |
yo vai nihīnasya vacaḥ kṣameta tām uttamāṃ kṣāntim ihāhur āryāḥ || 14 ||

The English translation of Verse 20.14 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 (20.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shreshtha, Vakya, Kshamata, Bhaya, Samrambha, Hetu, Sadrisha, Yah, Nihina, Vaca, Vacas, Uttama, Kshanti, Iha, Ahura, Ari, Arya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 20.14). 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: “śreṣṭhasya vākyaṃ kṣamate bhayena saṃrambha hetoḥ sadṛśasya caiva
  • śreṣṭhasya -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • vākyam -
  • vākya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
    vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
  • kṣamate -
  • kṣamatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṣam (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    kṣam (verb class 2)
    [present middle third plural]
  • bhayena -
  • bhaya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhaya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • saṃrambha -
  • saṃrambha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hetoḥ -
  • hetu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sadṛśasya -
  • sadṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    sadṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • Line 2: “yo vai nihīnasya vacaḥ kṣameta tām uttamāṃ kṣāntim ihāhur āryāḥ
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • nihīnasya -
  • nihīna (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    nihīna (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • vacaḥ -
  • vacas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vacas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vaca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣameta -
  • kṣam (verb class 1)
    [optative middle third single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • uttamām -
  • uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • kṣāntim -
  • kṣānti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ihā -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ahurā -
  • ahura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aryāḥ -
  • ari (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    arya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    aryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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