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 1.72

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इत्यागतावेगमनिष्टबुद्ध्या बुद्ध्वा नरेन्द्रं स मुनिर्बभाषे ।
मा भून्मतिस्ते नृप काचिदन्या निःसंशयं तद्यदवोचमस्मि ॥ ७२ ॥

ityāgatāvegamaniṣṭabuddhyā buddhvā narendraṃ sa munirbabhāṣe |
mā bhūnmatiste nṛpa kācidanyā niḥsaṃśayaṃ tadyadavocamasmi || 72 ||

Knowing the king to be thus agitated through his fear of some impending evil, the sage thus addressed him: 'Let not thy mind, O monarch, be disturbed,—all that I have said is certainly true.
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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 (1.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Itya, Gat, Gata, Avega, Anishta, Buddhi, Buddhva, Narendra, Muni, Mas, Bhu, Mati, Tad, Yushmad, Nripa, Acit, Ani, Anya, Nihsamshaya, Tat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.72). 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: “ityāgatāvegamaniṣṭabuddhyā buddhvā narendraṃ sa munirbabhāṣe ”
ityā -
iti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

ityā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√i -> ityā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
gatā -
gata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

gat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

gatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
avegam -
avega (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

avega (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

aniṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
buddhyā* -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
buddhvā* -
buddhvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
narendram -
narendra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
munir -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
babhāṣe -
√bhāṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
Line 2: “mā bhūnmatiste nṛpa kācidanyā niḥsaṃśayaṃ tadyadavocamasmi ”
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

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

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhūn -
bhu (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[injunctive active third single]
matis -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
nṛpa -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
acid -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
anyā* -
anī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√an (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
niḥsaṃśayam -
niḥsaṃśaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niḥsaṃśaya (noun, neuter)

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

niḥsaṃśayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yadavo -
cam -
ca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

cā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]