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).

श्रेयो ह्य् अयोगुडा भुक्तास् तप्ता ह्य् अग्नि शिखोपमाः ।
न तु भुञ्जीइत दुह्शीलो राष्ट्रपिण्डम् असम्यतः ॥ २ ॥

śreyo hy ayoguḍā bhuktās taptā hy agni śikhopamāḥ |
na tu bhuñjīita duhśīlo rāṣṭrapiṇḍam asamyataḥ || 2 ||

The English translation of Verse 9.2 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 (9.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ayoguda, Bhukta, Shikhopama, Rashtra, Pinda, Samin, Samya, Sami, Atah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.2). 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: “śreyo hy ayoguḍā bhuktās taptā hy agni śikhopamāḥ
  • śreyo* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*ay
  • ayoguḍā* -
  • ayoguḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhuktās -
  • bhukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhuktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • taptā* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*ag
  • agni -
  • agni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śikhopamāḥ -
  • śikhopama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “na tu bhuñjīita duhśīlo rāṣṭrapiṇḍam asamyataḥ
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse bhuñjīita*du
  • Cannot analyse duhśīlo*rā
  • rāṣṭra -
  • rāṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rāṣṭra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • piṇḍam -
  • piṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    piṇḍā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samya -
  • samin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    sam -> samya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sam]
    samī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    samī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    samī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sam -> samya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sam class 10 verb]
    sam -> samya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sam class 10 verb]
  • ataḥ -
  • ataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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