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 1.58

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धन्यो ऽस्म्यनुग्राह्यमिदं कुलं मे यन्मां दिदृक्षुर्भगवानुपेतः ।
आज्ञाप्यतां किं करवाणि सौम्य शिष्यो ऽस्मि विश्रम्भितुमर्हसीति ॥ ५८ ॥

dhanyo 'smyanugrāhyamidaṃ kulaṃ me yanmāṃ didṛkṣurbhagavānupetaḥ |
ājñāpyatāṃ kiṃ karavāṇi saumya śiṣyo 'smi viśrambhitumarhasīti || 58 ||

'I am indeed fortunate, this my family is the object of high favour, that thou shouldst have come to visit me; be pleased to command what I should do, O benign one; I am thy disciple, be pleased to show thy confidence in me.'
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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 (1.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhanya, Dhani, Anugrahya, Anugrahi, Idam, Kula, Asmad, Yat, Yad, Didrikshu, Bhagavat, Upetri, Upeta, Ajnapya, Kim, Karava, Saumya, Shishya, Vishra, Bhid, Bhit, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.58). 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: “dhanyo 'smyanugrāhyamidaṃ kulaṃ me yanmāṃ didṛkṣurbhagavānupetaḥ ”
dhanyo' -
dhanya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dhanī (noun, masculine)

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

dhanī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
asmya -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
anugrāhyam -
anugrāhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anugrāhya (noun, neuter)

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

anugrāhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

anugrāhī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kulam -
kula (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kula (noun, neuter)

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

kulā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
yan -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
mām -
mā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
didṛkṣur -
didṛkṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

didṛkṣu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
bhagavān -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
upetaḥ -
upetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

upeta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ājñāpyatāṃ kiṃ karavāṇi saumya śiṣyo 'smi viśrambhitumarhasīti ”
ājñāpya -
ājñāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ājñāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
karavāṇi -
karava (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

saumya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śiṣyo' -
śiṣya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
viśram -
viśra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viśra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhit -
bhid (noun, feminine)

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

bhid (noun, masculine)

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

bhid (noun, neuter)

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

bhit (noun, masculine)

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

bhit (noun, feminine)

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

bhit (noun, neuter)

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

[accusative single]
arhasī -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]