Buddha-Carita [sanskrit]

by E. B. Cowell | 2003 | 11,474 words | ISBN-10: 8187418788 | ISBN-13: 9788187418788

The Buddha Carita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Asvaghosa a famous Sanskrit text revolving around the live and exploits of the Buddha. The Buddha Carita (Buddhacarita) is written in the style of a Kavya (or Mahakavya, epic poetry) and extant original Sanskrit text consists of roughly 1,000 metrical verses.

Verse 1.3

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सितोन्नतेनेव नयेन हृत्वा कैलासशैलस्य यदभ्रशोभाम् ।
भ्रमादुपेतान् वहदम्बुवाहान् सम्भावनां वा सफलीचकार ॥ ३ ॥

sitonnateneva nayena hṛtvā kailāsaśailasya yadabhraśobhām |
bhramādupetān vahadambuvāhān sambhāvanāṃ vā saphalīcakāra || 3 ||

By its pure and lofty system of government it, as it were, stole the splendour of the clouds of Mount Kailasa, and while it bore the clouds which came to it through a mistake, it fulfilled the imagination which had led them thither.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sita, Unnata, Iva, Naya, Kailasa, Shaila, Yat, Yad, Bha, Bhramat, Bhrama, Upeta, Vahat, Ambuvaha, Sambhavana, Phali, Phalin, Cakara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.3). 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: “sitonnateneva nayena hṛtvā kailāsaśailasya yadabhraśobhām ”
sito -
sita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sā -> sita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sā class 4 verb]

√sā -> sita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sā class 4 verb]

√sā -> sitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sā class 4 verb]

√si -> sita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]

√si -> sita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]

√si -> sitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √si class 5 verb], [nominative single from √si class 9 verb]
unnatene -
unnata (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

unnata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nayena -
naya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

naya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
hṛtvā -
√hṛ -> hṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √hṛ]
kailāsa -
kailāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śailasya -
śaila (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

śaila (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
abhraśo -
√bhraś (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
bhām -
bhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[accusative single], [genitive plural]
Line 2: “bhramādupetān vahadambuvāhān sambhāvanāṃ vā saphalīcakāra ”
bhramād -
bhramāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhrama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
upetān -
upeta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vahad -
vahat (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

√vah -> vahat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vah class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vah class 1 verb]
ambuvāhān -
ambuvāha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
sambhāvanām -
sambhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
phalī -
phalī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

phali (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

phalin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cakāra -
cakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]