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 21.18

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तथा ह्य् असौ धर्ममयं सुमेधाः प्रासादं आरुह्यसमन्तचक्षुः ।
शोकाभिभूतां जनताम् अशोकोऽद्राक्षीद् इमां जाति जराभिभूताम् ॥ १८ ॥

tathā hy asau dharmamayaṃ sumedhāḥ prāsādaṃ āruhyasamantacakṣuḥ |
śokābhibhūtāṃ janatām aśoko'drākṣīd imāṃ jāti jarābhibhūtām || 18 ||

The English translation of Verse 21.18 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 (21.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asi, Asu, Adah, Dharmamaya, Sumedha, Sumedhas, Prasada, Aruhya, Aruh, Cakshu, Cakshus, Shokabhibhuta, Janat, Janata, Ashoka, Iyam, Idam, Jati, Jarabhibhuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 21.18). 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: “tathā hy asau dharmamayaṃ sumedhāḥ prāsādaṃ āruhyasamantacakṣuḥ ”
tathā* -
Cannot analyse hy*as
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
dharmamayam -
dharmamaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharmamaya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sumedhāḥ -
sumedha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sumedhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

sumedhas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prāsādam -
prāsāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
āruhya -
āruhya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āruh (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

āruh (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āruh (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
asamanta -
√sam (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle third plural]
cakṣuḥ -
cakṣus (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cakṣus (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

cakṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṣai (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
Line 2: “śokābhibhūtāṃ janatām aśoko'drākṣīd imāṃ jāti jarābhibhūtām ”
śokābhibhūtām -
śokābhibhūtā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
janatām -
janat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

janat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

janatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√jan -> janat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √jan class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 2 verb]

√jan -> janat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √jan class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 2 verb]

√jan (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]

√jan (verb class 2)

[imperative middle third plural]
aśoko' -
aśoka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śuk (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
adrākṣīd -
√dṛś (verb class 1)

[aorist active third single]
imām -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[accusative single]
jāti -
jāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

jātī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
jarābhibhūtām -
jarābhibhūtā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019