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).

रमणीयान्य् अरण्यानि न चात्र रमते जनः ।
वीतरागात्र रंस्यन्ते न तु काम गवेषिणः ॥ १७ ॥

ramaṇīyāny araṇyāni na cātra ramate janaḥ |
vītarāgātra raṃsyante na tu kāma gaveṣiṇaḥ || 17 ||

The English translation of Verse 29.17 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 (29.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aranya, Aranyani, Ramati, Ramat, Jana, Janas, Vitaraga, Kama, Gaveshin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 29.17). 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: “ramaṇīyāny araṇyāni na cātra ramate janaḥ
  • Cannot analyse ramaṇīyāny*ar
  • araṇyāni -
  • araṇyāni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    araṇyānī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    araṇya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāt -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ramate -
  • ramati (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ramati (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ram -> ramat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √ram class 1 verb]
    ram -> ramat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √ram class 1 verb]
    ram (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • janaḥ -
  • janas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “vītarāgātra raṃsyante na tu kāma gaveṣiṇaḥ
  • vītarāgāt -
  • vītarāga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vītarāga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • raṃsyante -
  • ram (verb class 1)
    [future middle third plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kāma -
  • kāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gaveṣiṇaḥ -
  • gaveṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gaveṣin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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