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 29.11

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न वर्णरूपेण नरो हि सर्वो विज्ञायते नेत्वरदर्शनेन ।
सुसंवृतानाम् इह व्यञ्जनेन त्व् असंवृता लोकम् इमं चरन्ति ॥ ११ ॥

na varṇarūpeṇa naro hi sarvo vijñāyate netvaradarśanena |
susaṃvṛtānām iha vyañjanena tv asaṃvṛtā lokam imaṃ caranti || 11 ||

The English translation of Verse 29.11 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 (29.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varnarupa, Nara, Nri, Sarva, Vijna, Vijnaya, Tad, Yushmad, Itvara, Darshana, Susamvrita, Iha, Vyanjana, Asamvrita, Loka, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 29.11). 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 varṇarūpeṇa naro hi sarvo vijñāyate netvaradarśanena ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varṇarūpeṇa -
varṇarūpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

varṇarūpa (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sarvo* -
sarva (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vijñāya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vijña (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

vijña (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
ne -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

itvara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
darśanena -
darśana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

darśana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “susaṃvṛtānām iha vyañjanena tv asaṃvṛtā lokam imaṃ caranti ”
susaṃvṛtānām -
susaṃvṛta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

susaṃvṛta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

susaṃvṛtā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vyañjanena -
vyañjana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vyañjana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Cannot analyse tv*as
asaṃvṛtā* -
asaṃvṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asaṃvṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
lokam -
loka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
caranti -
√car (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019