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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).
Verse 8.14
सत्या स्याद् अमृता वाचा सत्यवाचा ह्य् अनुत्तरा ।
सत्यम् अर्थे च धर्मे च वाचं आहुः प्रतिष्ठिताम् ॥ १४ ॥
satyā syād amṛtā vācā satyavācā hy anuttarā |
satyam arthe ca dharme ca vācaṃ āhuḥ pratiṣṭhitām || 14 ||
The English translation of Verse 8.14 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 (8.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sati, Satya, Syat, Sya, Amrita, Vaca, Vac, Anuttara, Satyam, Artha, Dharma, Pratishthita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.14). 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: “satyā syād amṛtā vācā satyavācā hy anuttarā ”
- satyā -
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satī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]satyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]sati (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- syād -
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syāt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]syāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√as (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- amṛtā* -
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amṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]amṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vācā -
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vācā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]vāc (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]vācā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- satyavācā* -
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- Cannot analyse hy*an
- anuttarā -
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anuttarā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “satyam arthe ca dharme ca vācaṃ āhuḥ pratiṣṭhitām ”
- satyam -
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satyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]satya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]satya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]satyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- arthe -
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artha (noun, masculine)[locative single]artha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√arth (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dharme -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[locative single]dharmā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vācam -
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vācā (noun, feminine)[adverb]vāca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vāc (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- āhuḥ -
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√ah (verb class 5)[perfect active third plural]
- pratiṣṭhitām -
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pratiṣṭhitā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]