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 1.55

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तं ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मविदां ज्वलन्तं ब्राह्म्या श्रिया चैव तपःश्रिया च ।
राज्ञो गुरुर्गौरवसत्क्रियाभ्यां प्रवेशयामास नरेन्द्रसद्म ॥ ५५ ॥

taṃ brahmavidbrahmavidāṃ jvalantaṃ brāhmyā śriyā caiva tapaḥśriyā ca |
rājño gururgauravasatkriyābhyāṃ praveśayāmāsa narendrasadma || 55 ||

Him shining with the glory of sacred knowledge and ascetic observances, the king's own priest,—himself a special student among the students of sacred knowledge,—introduced into the royal palace with all due reverence and respect.
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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 (1.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmavid, Brahmavida, Jvalat, Brahmya, Brahmi, Shri, Shriya, Tap, Tapa, Tapas, Rajan, Guru, Gaurava, Satkriya, Pravesha, Amasa, Narendra, Sadman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.55). 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: “taṃ brahmavidbrahmavidāṃ jvalantaṃ brāhmyā śriyā caiva tapaḥśriyā ca ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
brahmavid -
brahmavid (noun, masculine)

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

brahmavid (noun, neuter)

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

[genitive plural]

brahmavid (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

brahmavidā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
jvalantam -
jvalat (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√jval -> jvalat (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jval class 1 verb]
brāhmyā -
brāhmyā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

brāhmi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

brāhmī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

brāhmyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śriyā -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
tapaḥ -
tapas (noun, neuter)

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

tap (noun, masculine)

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

tap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

tapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śriyā -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “rājño gururgauravasatkriyābhyāṃ praveśayāmāsa narendrasadma ”
rājño* -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
gurur -
guru (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

gaurava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
satkriyābhyām -
satkriya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]

satkriya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]

satkriyā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
praveśayā -
praveśā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

amāsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
narendra -
narendra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sadma -
sadman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sadman (noun, neuter)

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