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 29.10

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न नामरूपमात्रेण वर्णपुष्कलया न च ।
साधु रूपो नरो भवति मायावी मत्सरी शठः ॥ १० ॥

na nāmarūpamātreṇa varṇapuṣkalayā na ca |
sādhu rūpo naro bhavati māyāvī matsarī śaṭhaḥ || 10 ||

The English translation of Verse 29.10 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 (29.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Namarupa, Atra, Varna, Varnan, Pushkala, Sadhu, Rupa, Nara, Nri, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Mayavin, Mayavi, Matsarin, Matsari, Shatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 29.10). 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 nāmarūpamātreṇa varṇapuṣkalayā na ca ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāmarūpam -
nāmarūpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ātreṇa -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
varṇa -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

varṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

varṇan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

varṇan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
puṣkalayā -
puṣkalā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “sādhu rūpo naro bhavati māyāvī matsarī śaṭhaḥ ”
sādhu -
sādhu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sādhu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

sādhu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sādhu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
rūpo* -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
naro* -
nara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
bhavati -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
māyāvī -
māyāvī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

māyāvī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

māyāvin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
matsarī -
matsarī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

matsarī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

matsarin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śaṭhaḥ -
śaṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019