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).

प्रवाह्य पापकान् धर्मान् ये चरन्ति सदा स्मृताः ।
क्षीणसम्योजना बुद्धा ब्राह्मणास् ते प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ १२ ॥

pravāhya pāpakān dharmān ye caranti sadā smṛtāḥ |
kṣīṇasamyojanā buddhā brāhmaṇās te prakīrtitāḥ || 12 ||

The English translation of Verse 33.12 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 (33.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pravahya, Papaka, Dharma, Yah, Yat, Sada, Sad, Smrita, Smrito, Kshina, Samya, Sami, Jana, Buddha, Brahmana, Tad, Yushmad, Prakirtita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 33.12). 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: “pravāhya pāpakān dharmān ye caranti sadā smṛtāḥ
  • pravāhya -
  • pravāhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pravāhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāpakān -
  • pāpaka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dharmān -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • caranti -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtāḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    smṛto (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “kṣīṇasamyojanā buddhā brāhmaṇās te prakīrtitāḥ
  • kṣīṇa -
  • kṣīṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣīṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]
    kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]
  • samyo -
  • sam -> samya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sam class 10 verb]
    samī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    samī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • janā* -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    janā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • buddhā* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • brāhmaṇās -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • prakīrtitāḥ -
  • prakīrtita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prakīrtitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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