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).

श्रद्धास्यन्ति तु ये नित्यं नरा बुद्धस्य शासनम् ।
स्वस्तिना ते गमिष्यन्ति वालाहेनैव वाणिजाः ॥ १५ ॥

śraddhāsyanti tu ye nityaṃ narā buddhasya śāsanam |
svastinā te gamiṣyanti vālāhenaiva vāṇijāḥ || 15 ||

The English translation of Verse 21.15 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 (21.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shraddha, Yah, Yat, Nityam, Nitya, Nara, Buddha, Shasana, Svasti, Tad, Yushmad, Vala, Aha, Vanija,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 21.15). 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: “śraddhāsyanti tu ye nityaṃ narā buddhasya śāsanam
  • śraddhā -
  • śraddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śraddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śraddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asyanti -
  • as (verb class 4)
    [present active third plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • narā* -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • buddhasya -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • śāsanam -
  • śāsana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śāsana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śāsanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “svastinā te gamiṣyanti vālāhenaiva vāṇijāḥ
  • svastinā -
  • svasti (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    svastī (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • gamiṣyanti -
  • gam (verb class 1)
    [future active third plural]
    gam (verb class 2)
    [future active third plural]
    gam (verb class 3)
    [future active third plural]
  • vālā -
  • vāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ahenai -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • vāṇijāḥ -
  • vāṇija (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
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