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).

काङ्क्षा हि या स्याद् इह वा पृथग् वेह वेदिका वा परवेदिका वा ।
तां ध्यायिनो विप्रजहन्ति सर्वा ह्य् आतापिनो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्तः ॥ ६ ॥

kāṅkṣā hi yā syād iha vā pṛthag veha vedikā vā paravedikā vā |
tāṃ dhyāyino viprajahanti sarvā hy ātāpino brahmacaryaṃ carantaḥ || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 29.6 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 (29.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kanksha, Syat, Sya, Iha, Prithak, Vedika, Paru, Dish, Dhyayin, Dhyayi, Vipraja, Atapin, Brahmacarya, Caranta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 29.6). 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: “kāṅkṣā hi syād iha pṛthag veha vedikā paravedikā
  • kāṅkṣā* -
  • kāṅkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kāṅkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • pṛthag -
  • pṛthak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • veha -
  • veh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vedikā* -
  • vedika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vedikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • parave -
  • paru (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • dik -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ā* -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “tāṃ dhyāyino viprajahanti sarvā hy ātāpino brahmacaryaṃ carantaḥ
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • dhyāyino* -
  • dhyāyin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhyāyin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhyāyī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • vipraja -
  • vipraja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vipraja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hanti -
  • hanti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    han (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • sarvā* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*āt
  • ātāpino* -
  • ātāpin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ātāpin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • brahmacaryam -
  • brahmacarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • carantaḥ -
  • caranta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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