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).

उत्तीर्णो भगवान् बुद्धः स्थले तिष्ठति ब्राह्मणः ।
भिक्षवः स्नान्ति चैवात्र कोलं बध्नन्ति चापरे ॥ ८ ॥

uttīrṇo bhagavān buddhaḥ sthale tiṣṭhati brāhmaṇaḥ |
bhikṣavaḥ snānti caivātra kolaṃ badhnanti cāpare || 8 ||

The English translation of Verse 17.8 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 (17.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uttirna, Bhagavat, Buddha, Sthala, Tishthat, Brahmana, Bhikshu, Snat, Eva, Kola, Badhnat, Capa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 17.8). 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: “uttīrṇo bhagavān buddhaḥ sthale tiṣṭhati brāhmaṇaḥ
  • uttīrṇo* -
  • uttīrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhagavān -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • buddhaḥ -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sthale -
  • sthala (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sthala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sthalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sthal (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • tiṣṭhati -
  • sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • brāhmaṇaḥ -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “bhikṣavaḥ snānti caivātra kolaṃ badhnanti cāpare
  • bhikṣavaḥ -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • snānti -
  • snā -> snāt (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √snā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √snā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √snā class 2 verb]
    snā (verb class 2)
    [present active third plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • evāt -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kolam -
  • kola (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kola (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kolā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • badhnanti -
  • badhnat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bandh (verb class 9)
    [present active third plural]
  • cāpa -
  • cāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • re -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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