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 1.53

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प्रीतश्च तेभ्यो द्विजसत्तमेभ्यः सत्कारपूर्वं प्रददौ धनानि ।
भूयादयं भूमिपतिर्यथोक्तो यायाज्जरामेत्य वनानि चेति ॥ ५३ ॥

prītaśca tebhyo dvijasattamebhyaḥ satkārapūrvaṃ pradadau dhanāni |
bhūyādayaṃ bhūmipatiryathokto yāyājjarāmetya vanāni ceti || 53 ||

And well-pleased he gave to those most excellent of the twice-born rich treasures with all due honour,—'May he become the ruler of the earth according to your words, and may he retire to the woods when he attains old age.'
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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 (1.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prita, Tad, Dvijasattama, Satkara, Purvam, Purva, Prada, Dhana, Bhuya, Aya, Idam, Bhumipati, Vana, Ceti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.53). 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: “prītaśca tebhyo dvijasattamebhyaḥ satkārapūrvaṃ pradadau dhanāni ”
prītaś -
prīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√pre -> prīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √pre class 2 verb]

√prī -> prīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √prī class 4 verb], [nominative single from √prī class 9 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tebhyo* -
ta (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
dvijasattamebhyaḥ -
dvijasattama (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
satkāra -
satkāra (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
prada -
prada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dau -
da (noun, masculine)

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

dā (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dhanāni -
dhana (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√dhan (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
Line 2: “bhūyādayaṃ bhūmipatiryathokto yāyājjarāmetya vanāni ceti ”
bhūyād -
bhūya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[benedictive active third single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhūmipatir -
bhūmipati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathokto* -
Cannot analyse yāyājjarāmetya*va
vanāni -
vana (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√van (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
ceti -
ceti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ceti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ceti (noun, neuter)

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

cetī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

cetī (noun, feminine)

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

cetī (noun, neuter)

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