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 1.12

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अतिप्रतापादवधूय शत्रून्महोपरागानिव तिग्मभानुः ।
उद्योतयामास जनं समन्तात्प्रदर्शयन्नाश्रयणीयमार्गान् ॥ १२ ॥

atipratāpādavadhūya śatrūnmahoparāgāniva tigmabhānuḥ |
udyotayāmāsa janaṃ samantātpradarśayannāśrayaṇīyamārgān || 12 ||

Having dispersed his enemies by his preeminent majesty as the sun disperses the gloom of an eclipse, he illuminated his people on every side, showing them the paths which they were to follow.
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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 (1.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ati, Pratapa, Avadhuya, Shatru, Mah, Maha, Uparaga, Iva, Tigma, Bhanu, Udyota, Yama, Yaman, Jana, Samantat, Samanta, Pradarsha, Yat, Ashrayaniya, Arga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.12). 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: “atipratāpādavadhūya śatrūnmahoparāgāniva tigmabhānuḥ ”
ati -
ati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ati (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pratāpād -
pratāpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
avadhūya -
avadhūya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śatrūn -
śatru (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
maho -
maha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

maha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mah (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mahā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mah (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
uparāgān -
uparāga (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tigma -
tigma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tigma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhānuḥ -
bhānu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

bhānu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “udyotayāmāsa janaṃ samantātpradarśayannāśrayaṇīyamārgān ”
udyota -
udyota (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

udyota (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yāmā -
yāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yāman (noun, neuter)

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

yāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

yāmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
asa -
asan (noun, neuter)

[compound]
janam -
jana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

janā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
samantāt -
samantāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

samanta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

samanta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
pradarśa -
pradarśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yann -
yat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
āśrayaṇīyam -
āśrayaṇīya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āśrayaṇīya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

āśrayaṇīyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ā -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
argān -
arga (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]