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 1.79

तृष्णार्गलं मोहतमःकपाटं द्वारं प्रजानामपयानहेतोः ।
विपाटयिष्यत्ययमुत्तमेन सद्धर्मताडेन दुरासदेन ॥ ७९ ॥

tṛṣṇārgalaṃ mohatamaḥkapāṭaṃ dvāraṃ prajānāmapayānahetoḥ |
vipāṭayiṣyatyayamuttamena saddharmatāḍena durāsadena || 79 ||

'He will break open for the escape of living beings that door whose bolt is desire and whose two leaves are ignorance and delusion,—with that excellent blow of the good Law which is so hard to find.

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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 (1.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trishna, Argala, Mohatamas, Kapata, Dvara, Praja, Prajana, Apayana, Hetu, Patayishyat, Aya, Idam, Uttama, Saddharma, Tada, Durasada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.79). 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: “tṛṣṇārgalaṃ mohatamaḥkapāṭaṃ dvāraṃ prajānāmapayānahetoḥ
  • tṛṣṇā -
  • tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • argalam -
  • argala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    argala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    argalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • mohatamaḥ -
  • mohatamas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kapāṭam -
  • kapāṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kapāṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dvāram -
  • dvāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prajānām -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    praja (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    prajā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    prajānā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • apayāna -
  • apayāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hetoḥ -
  • hetu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “vipāṭayiṣyatyayamuttamena saddharmatāḍena durāsadena
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • pāṭayiṣyatya -
  • paṭ -> pāṭayiṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √paṭ]
    paṭ -> pāṭayiṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √paṭ], [vocative dual from √paṭ], [accusative dual from √paṭ], [locative single from √paṭ]
    paṭ (verb class 0)
    [future active third single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttamena -
  • uttama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    uttama (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • saddharma -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tāḍena -
  • tāḍa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tāḍa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • durāsadena -
  • durāsada (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    durāsada (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 1.79

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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