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).

पिण्डपातिकाय भिक्षवे ह्य् आत्मभराय हि नान्यपोषिणे ।
देवाः स्पृहयन्ति तायिने न तु सत्कारयशोऽभिकाङ्क्षिने ॥ २ ॥

piṇḍapātikāya bhikṣave hy ātmabharāya hi nānyapoṣiṇe |
devāḥ spṛhayanti tāyine na tu satkārayaśo'bhikāṅkṣine || 2 ||

The English translation of Verse 32.2 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 (32.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pindapatika, Bhikshu, Bhara, Apa, Ush, Deva, Sprihayat, Sprihayanti, Tayin, Satkara, Yasha, Yashas, Abhikankshin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 32.2). 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: “piṇḍapātikāya bhikṣave hy ātmabharāya hi nānyapoṣiṇe
  • piṇḍapātikāya -
  • piṇḍapātika (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • bhikṣave -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • Cannot analyse hy*āt
  • ātma -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • bharāya -
  • bhara (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhara (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • nānya -
  • na (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • apo -
  • apa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • uṣi -
  • uṣ (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • ṇe -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “devāḥ spṛhayanti tāyine na tu satkārayaśo'bhikāṅkṣine
  • devāḥ -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • spṛhayanti -
  • spṛh -> spṛhayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √spṛh class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √spṛh class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √spṛh class 10 verb]
    spṛh -> spṛhayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √spṛh class 10 verb]
    spṛh (verb class 10)
    [present active third plural]
  • tāyine -
  • tāyin (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • satkāra -
  • satkāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yaśo' -
  • yaśas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yaśas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    yaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhikāṅkṣi -
  • abhikāṅkṣin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhikāṅkṣin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ne -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
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