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 1.30

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क्रमेण गर्भादभिनिःसृतः सन् बभौ गतः खादिव योन्यजातः ।
कल्पेष्वनेकेष्विव भावितात्मा यः सम्प्रजानन् सुषुवे न मूढः ॥ ३० ॥

krameṇa garbhādabhiniḥsṛtaḥ san babhau gataḥ khādiva yonyajātaḥ |
kalpeṣvanekeṣviva bhāvitātmā yaḥ samprajānan suṣuve na mūḍhaḥ || 30 ||

Having thus in due time issued from the womb, he shone as if he had come down from heaven, he who had not been born in the natural way,—he who was born full of wisdom, not foolish,—as if his mind had been purified by countless aeons of contemplation.
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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 (1.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kramena, Krama, Garbhada, Bha, Nihsrita, Sat, Gat, Gata, Khadin, Yonyajata, Kalpa, Aneka, Iva, Bhavitatman, Yah, Praja, Sushuva, Mudha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.30). 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: “krameṇa garbhādabhiniḥsṛtaḥ san babhau gataḥ khādiva yonyajātaḥ ”
krameṇa -
krameṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
garbhāda -
garbhāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

garbhāda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhi -
bhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
niḥsṛtaḥ -
niḥsṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
san -
sat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
babhau -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
gataḥ -
gat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

gata (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

khādin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

khādin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
va -
va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yonyajātaḥ -
yonyajāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kalpeṣvanekeṣviva bhāvitātmā yaḥ samprajānan suṣuve na mūḍhaḥ ”
kalpeṣva -
kalpa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kalpa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
anekeṣvi -
aneka (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

aneka (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhāvitātmā -
bhāvitātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prajān -
praja (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
an -
suṣuve -
suṣuvā (noun, feminine)

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

√su (verb class 5)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√su (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√su (verb class 2)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√sū (verb class 6)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√sū (verb class 2)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mūḍhaḥ -
mūḍha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√muh -> mūḍha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muh class 4 verb]