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).

येषां रात्रि दिवापाये ह्य् आयुर् अल्पतरं भवेत् ।
अल्पोदके व मत्स्यानां का नु तेषां रतिर् भवेत् ॥ ३३ ॥

yeṣāṃ rātri divāpāye hy āyur alpataraṃ bhavet |
alpodake va matsyānāṃ kā nu teṣāṃ ratir bhavet || 33 ||

The English translation of Verse 1.33 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 (1.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Ratri, Diva, Div, Divan, Apaya, Ayu, Ayus, Alpatara, Alpa, Udaka, Matsya, Tad, Rati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.33). 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: “yeṣāṃ rātri divāpāye hy āyur alpataraṃ bhavet
  • yeṣām -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • rātri -
  • rātrī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • divā -
  • divā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    diva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    divan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    div (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    divā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apāye -
  • apāya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pāy (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
    pai (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • Cannot analyse hy*āy
  • āyur -
  • āyus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    āyus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    āyu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • alpataram -
  • alpatara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    alpatara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    alpatarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “alpodake va matsyānāṃ nu teṣāṃ ratir bhavet
  • alpo -
  • alpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    alpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    alpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • udake -
  • udaka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • va -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • matsyānām -
  • matsya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    matsyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • kā* -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nu -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ratir -
  • rati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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