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).

आकाशे तु पदं नास्ति श्रमणो नास्ति बाह्यकः ।
प्रपञ्चाभिरता बाला निष्प्रपञ्चास् तथागताः ॥ ३८ ॥

ākāśe tu padaṃ nāsti śramaṇo nāsti bāhyakaḥ |
prapañcābhiratā bālā niṣprapañcās tathāgatāḥ || 38 ||

The English translation of Verse 29.38 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 (29.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Akashe, Akasha, Pada, Nasti, Shramana, Bahyaka, Prapanca, Bala, Nishprapanca, Tathagata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 29.38). 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: “ākāśe tu padaṃ nāsti śramaṇo nāsti bāhyakaḥ
  • ākāśe -
  • ākāśe (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ākāśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ākāśa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • padam -
  • pada (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śramaṇo* -
  • śramaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bāhyakaḥ -
  • bāhyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “prapañcābhiratā bālā niṣprapañcās tathāgatāḥ
  • prapañcābhir -
  • prapañcā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • atā -
  • bālā* -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • niṣprapañcās -
  • niṣprapañca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    niṣprapañcā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tathāgatāḥ -
  • tathāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    tathāgatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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