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).

अश्राद्धश् चाकृतज्ञश् च संधिच् छेत्ता च यो नरः ।
हतावकाशो वान्ताशः स वै तु उत्तमपूरुषः ॥ २३ ॥

aśrāddhaś cākṛtajñaś ca saṃdhic chettā ca yo naraḥ |
hatāvakāśo vāntāśaḥ sa vai tu uttamapūruṣaḥ || 23 ||

The English translation of Verse 29.23 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 (29.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashraddha, Akritajna, Chettri, Yah, Nara, Nri, Hata, Hati, Hatu, Aka, Ashas, Vanta, Uttamapurusha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 29.23). 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: “aśrāddhaś cākṛtajñaś ca saṃdhic chettā ca yo naraḥ
  • aśrāddhaś -
  • aśrāddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akṛtajñaś -
  • akṛtajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse sandhic*ch
  • chettā -
  • chettṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    chid (verb class 7)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    chid (verb class 9)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • naraḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “hatāvakāśo vāntāśaḥ sa vai tu uttamapūruṣaḥ
  • hatāva -
  • hata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    hati (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    hatu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    han -> hata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √han class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √han class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √han class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √han class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √han class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √han class 2 verb]
  • akā -
  • aka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ak (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aśo* -
  • aśas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aśas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vāntā -
  • vānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāntā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vam -> vānta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vam class 1 verb]
    vam -> vānta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vam class 1 verb]
    vam -> vāntā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vam class 1 verb]
  • aśaḥ -
  • aśas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aśas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • uttamapūruṣaḥ -
  • uttamapūruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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