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).

भाषयेद् द्योतयेद् धर्मम् उच्छ्रयेद् ऋषिणां ध्वजम् ।
सुभाषितध्वजा नित्यम् ऋषयोर् धर्मगौरवाः ॥ ४४ ॥

bhāṣayed dyotayed dharmam ucchrayed ṛṣiṇāṃ dhvajam |
subhāṣitadhvajā nityam ṛṣayor dharmagauravāḥ || 44 ||

The English translation of Verse 29.44 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 (29.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dyu, Dharma, Rishi, Dhvaja, Subhashita, Nityam, Nitya, Yoh, Dharman, Gaurava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 29.44). 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: “bhāṣayed dyotayed dharmam ucchrayed ṛṣiṇāṃ dhvajam
  • Cannot analyse bhāṣayed*dy
  • dyo -
  • dyu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • tayed -
  • tay (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse ucchrayed*ṛṣ
  • ṛṣiṇā -
  • ṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • dhvajam -
  • dhvaja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhvajā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “subhāṣitadhvajā nityam ṛṣayor dharmagauravāḥ
  • subhāṣita -
  • subhāṣita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    subhāṣita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhvajā* -
  • dhvaja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dhvajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ṛṣa -
  • ṛṣ (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yor -
  • yoḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • dharma -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • gauravāḥ -
  • gaurava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gauravā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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