udAna · masculine, neuter & neuter · udāna 1
Udāna (neuter) [from ud + an to breathe 1. "breathing out", exulting cry, i e. an utterance, mostly in metrical form, inspired by a particularly intense emotion, whether it be joyful or sorrowful (cf. K.S. I 29 note 2) D I 50, 92; S I 20, 27, 82, 160; A I 67; Ja I 76; Pp 43, 62; Nett 174; Pv-a 67; Saddh 514. — The utterance of such an inspired thought is usually introduced with the standing phrase "imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi" i.e. breathed forth this solemn utterance [Cf. BHS udānaṃ udānayati Divy 99 etc.], e.g. at Vin I 2 f., 12, 230, 353; D I 47; II 107 (udāna of triumph); S III 55; Mhv 19, 29; Sv I 140; Ud. 1 passim ; Pj II 354 ("the familiar quotation about the Sakyas"). Occasionally (later) we find other phrases, as e.g. udānaṃ pavatti Ja I 61; abhāsi Vin IV 54; kathesi Ja VI 38. 2. one of the aṅgas or categories of the Buddhist scriptures: see under nava and aṅga. — Cf. vodāna.
udāna , m. or nt. (= Pali id. ; with acc. pron. usually imam, sometimes idam), a solemn but joyous utterance ( acc. to PTSD sometimes a sorrowful one in Pali ), usually but not always having religious bearings; almost always in modulation of phrase imam (less often idam, as LV 350.21 ; Mv ii.286.1 ; or omitted) udānam udānayati (usually with sma after verb), very common: LV 103.13 ; 159.14 ; 380.15 ; Laṅk 2.15 ; Mv iii.254.13 ; Divy 558.1 ; 3 pl. udānayanti LV 31.5 ; Divy 163.28 ; aor. udānaye Mv i.351.13 ; ii.417.8, 13 ; iii.412.14 ; udānesi ii.286.1 ; udān' udānayī (3 sg. aor. ) Gv 489.11 ( vs ); perf. udānayām āsa Suv 193.2 ; °āsuḥ LV 278.8 ; udānitavān Karmav 155.18 ; in non-religious connexions, udānam udānayati Divy 2.11 ; Av i.14.13 ; udānayetsu (3 pl. aor. ) Mv i.340.14 ; udānesi (3 sg. aor. ) iii.162.7 ; nt. udānam, as n. of a type or class of Buddh. literature, one of the 12 ( Mvy ) or 9 ( Dharmas ) pravacanāni, Mvy 1271 ; Dharmas 62 ; Udāna-varga, n. of a specific work (abbreviated Ud ).
(m. neuter) a joyful or inspired utterance (often in verse); (neuter) the name of one of the nine categories (aṅgas) of the scriptures; one of the collections making up the Khuddakanikāya of the Pāḷi Canon
【中】 有感而發表，一種情緒地發表。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Udāna</c> </b> <br>One of the nine sections of the teachings (aṅga).<br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc) inspired saying; exclamation; one of the nine kinds of suttas emotional utterance [lit.] breathing up Construction: ud + √an > ān + *a
(masc, masc) Book 3 of the Khuddaka Nikāya [lit.] breathing up Construction: ud + √an > ān + *a