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).

श्रद्धा धनो ह्य् अर्हतां धर्मं निर्वाणप्राप्तये ।
शुश्रूषुर् लभते प्रज्ञां तत्र तत्र विचक्षणः ॥ ४ ॥

śraddhā dhano hy arhatāṃ dharmaṃ nirvāṇaprāptaye |
śuśrūṣur labhate prajñāṃ tatra tatra vicakṣaṇaḥ || 4 ||

The English translation of Verse 10.4 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 (10.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shraddha, Arhat, Arhata, Dharma, Nirvana, Prapti, Shushrushu, Labhat, Prajna, Tatra, Vicakshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.4). 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: “śraddhā dhano hy arhatāṃ dharmaṃ nirvāṇaprāptaye
  • śraddhā* -
  • śraddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śraddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dhano* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*ar
  • arhatām -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    arhat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    arhatā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nirvāṇa -
  • nirvāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirvāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāptaye -
  • prāpti (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “śuśrūṣur labhate prajñāṃ tatra tatra vicakṣaṇaḥ
  • śuśrūṣur -
  • śuśrūṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śuśrūṣu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • labhate -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • prajñām -
  • prajñā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vicakṣaṇaḥ -
  • vicakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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