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 2.1

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आ जन्मनो जन्मजरान्तकस्य तस्यात्मजस्यात्मजितः स राजा ।
अहन्यहन्यर्थगजाश्वमित्रैर्वृद्धिं ययौ सिन्धरिवाम्बुवेगैः ॥ १ ॥

ā janmano janmajarāntakasya tasyātmajasyātmajitaḥ sa rājā |
ahanyahanyarthagajāśvamitrairvṛddhiṃ yayau sindharivāmbuvegaiḥ || 1 ||

From the time of the birth of that son of his, who, the true master of himself, was to end all birth and old age, the king increased day by day in wealth, elephants, horses, and friends as a river increases with its influx of waters.
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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 (2.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janman, Janmajarantaka, Tad, Tas, Atmaja, Atmajit, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Ahanyahani, Artha, Gaja, Ashvamitra, Vriddhi, Yayi, Yayu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.1). 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: “ā janmano janmajarāntakasya tasyātmajasyātmajitaḥ sa rājā ”
ā* -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ā (noun, feminine)

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

o (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
janmano* -
janman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
janmajarāntakasya -
janmajarāntaka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
tasyā -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tas (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
ātmajasyā -
ātmaja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ātmaja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ātmajitaḥ -
ātmajit (noun, masculine)

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

ātmajit (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rājā -
rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

rāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “ahanyahanyarthagajāśvamitrairvṛddhiṃ yayau sindharivāmbuvegaiḥ ”
ahanyahanya -
ahanyahani (noun, masculine)

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

ahanyahani (noun, feminine)

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

ahanyahani (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√arth (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
gajā -
gaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√gaj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
aśvamitrair -
aśvamitra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
vṛddhim -
vṛddhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

vṛddhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
yayau -
yayi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yayi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

yayu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yayu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Cannot analyse sindharivāmbuvegaiḥ