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 1.47

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सारस्वतश्चापि जगाद नष्टं वेदं पुनर्यं ददृशुर्न पूर्वम् ।
व्यासस्तथैनं बहुधा चकार न यं वशिष्ठः कृतवानशक्तिः ॥ ४७ ॥

sārasvataścāpi jagāda naṣṭaṃ vedaṃ punaryaṃ dadṛśurna pūrvam |
vyāsastathainaṃ bahudhā cakāra na yaṃ vaśiṣṭhaḥ kṛtavānaśaktiḥ || 47 ||

'Yea, the son of Sarasvati proclaimed that lost Veda which they had never seen in former ages,—Vyasa rehearsed that in many forms, which Vashishtha helpless could not compile;
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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 (1.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarasvata, Capin, Capi, Nashta, Veda, Punar, Yah, Purvam, Purva, Vyasa, Tatha, Aina, Bahudha, Cakara, Vashishtha, Kritavat, Ashakti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.47). 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: “sārasvataścāpi jagāda naṣṭaṃ vedaṃ punaryaṃ dadṛśurna pūrvam ”
sārasvataś -
sārasvata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cāpi -
cāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpin (noun, neuter)

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

cāpī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpī (noun, feminine)

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

cāpī (noun, neuter)

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

cāpi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
jagāda -
√gad (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
naṣṭam -
naṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

naṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

naṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative single from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √naś class 1 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 1 verb]
vedam -
veda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vedā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
punar -
punar (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

punar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
dadṛśur -
√dṛś (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “vyāsastathainaṃ bahudhā cakāra na yaṃ vaśiṣṭhaḥ kṛtavānaśaktiḥ ”
vyāsas -
vyāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ainam -
aina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
bahudhā -
bahudhā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
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]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
vaśiṣṭhaḥ -
vaśiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṛtavān -
kṛtavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kṛtavat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
aśaktiḥ -
aśakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]