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 1.85

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अथ मुनिरसितो निवेद्य तत्त्वं सुतनियतं सुतविक्लवाय राज्ञे ।
सबहुमतमुदीक्ष्यमाणरूपः पवनपथेन यथागतं जगाम ॥ ८५ ॥

atha munirasito nivedya tattvaṃ sutaniyataṃ sutaviklavāya rājñe |
sabahumatamudīkṣyamāṇarūpaḥ pavanapathena yathāgataṃ jagāma || 85 ||

Then the sage Asita, having made known the real fate which awaited the prince to the king who was thus disturbed about his son, departed by the way of the wind as he had come, his figure watched reverentially in his flight.
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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 (1.85). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Muni, Asita, Nivedya, Tattva, Suta, Niyata, Viklava, Rajan, Bahumata, Udikshya, Mana, Rupa, Pavana, Patha, Yathagata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.85). 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: “atha munirasito nivedya tattvaṃ sutaniyataṃ sutaviklavāya rājñe ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
munir -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asito* -
asita (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

nivedya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tattvam -
tattva (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

suta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
niyatam -
niyata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niyata (noun, neuter)

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

niyatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
suta -
suta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

suta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
viklavāya -
viklava (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

viklava (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
rājñe -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
Line 2: “sabahumatamudīkṣyamāṇarūpaḥ pavanapathena yathāgataṃ jagāma ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bahumatam -
bahumata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bahumata (noun, neuter)

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

bahumatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
udīkṣya -
udīkṣya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
māṇa -
māṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
rūpaḥ -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pavana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pathena -
patha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
yathāgatam -
yathāgata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yathāgata (noun, neuter)

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

yathāgatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jagāma -
√gā (verb class 3)

[imperative active first plural]

√gam (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√gam (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√gam (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]