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).

न देवा नापि गन्धर्वा न मारो ब्राह्मणा सह ।
जितस्यापजितं कुर्युस् तथा प्राज्ञस्य भिक्षुणः ॥ ५ ॥

na devā nāpi gandharvā na māro brāhmaṇā saha |
jitasyāpajitaṃ kuryus tathā prājñasya bhikṣuṇaḥ || 5 ||

The English translation of Verse 23.5 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 (23.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deva, Nri, Api, Gandharva, Mara, Brahmana, Saha, Jita, Apa, Jit, Tatha, Prajna, Bhikshu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 23.5). 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: “na devā nāpi gandharvā na māro brāhmaṇā saha
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • devā* -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • gandharvā* -
  • gandharva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gandharvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • māro* -
  • māra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brāhmaṇā -
  • brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • saha -
  • saha (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    saha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “jitasyāpajitaṃ kuryus tathā prājñasya bhikṣuṇaḥ
  • jitasyā -
  • jita (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    jita (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    ji -> jita (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √ji class 1 verb], [genitive single from √ji class 9 verb]
    ji -> jita (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √ji class 1 verb], [genitive single from √ji class 9 verb]
  • apa -
  • apa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • jitam -
  • jita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jit (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    ji -> jita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ji class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ji class 9 verb]
    ji -> jita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ji class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ji class 9 verb], [accusative single from √ji class 9 verb]
  • kuryus -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third plural]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prājñasya -
  • prājña (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    prājña (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • bhikṣuṇaḥ -
  • bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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