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).

उदग्रचित्तः सुमना ह्य् अभिभूय प्रियाप्रियम् ।
प्रामोद्यबहुलो भिक्षुर् दुह्खक्षयम् अवाप्नुयात् ॥ २३ ॥

udagracittaḥ sumanā hy abhibhūya priyāpriyam |
prāmodyabahulo bhikṣur duhkhakṣayam avāpnuyāt || 23 ||

The English translation of Verse 32.23 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 (32.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Udagra, Citta, Abhibhuya, Priyapriya, Pramodya, Ava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 32.23). 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: “udagracittaḥ sumanā hy abhibhūya priyāpriyam
  • udagra -
  • udagra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    udagra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cittaḥ -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    cit (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • sumanā* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*ab
  • abhibhūya -
  • abhibhūya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • priyāpriyam -
  • priyāpriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “prāmodyabahulo bhikṣur duhkhakṣayam avāpnuyāt
  • prāmodya -
  • prāmodya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bahulo* -
  • Cannot analyse bhikṣurduhkhakṣayam*av
  • avā -
  • ava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    av (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    ava (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    avā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnuyāt -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
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