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 2.6

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मध्यस्थतां तस्य रिपुर्जगाम मध्यस्वभावः प्रययौ सुहृत्त्वम् ।
विशेषतो दार्ढ्यमियाय मित्रं द्वावस्य पक्षावपरस्तु नाशम् ॥ ६ ॥

madhyasthatāṃ tasya ripurjagāma madhyasvabhāvaḥ prayayau suhṛttvam |
viśeṣato dārḍhyamiyāya mitraṃ dvāvasya pakṣāvaparastu nāśam || 6 ||

His enemies became indifferent; indifference grew into friendship; his friends became specially united; were there two sides,—one passed into oblivion.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Madhyasthata, Tad, Ripu, Madhya, Svabhava, Suhrittva, Mitra, Dva, Idam, Paksha, Pakshi, Pakshu, Apara, Nasha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.6). 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: “madhyasthatāṃ tasya ripurjagāma madhyasvabhāvaḥ prayayau suhṛttvam ”
madhyasthatām -
madhyasthatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
ripur -
ripu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ripu (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

madhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svabhāvaḥ -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prayayau -
suhṛttvam -
suhṛttva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “viśeṣato dārḍhyamiyāya mitraṃ dvāvasya pakṣāvaparastu nāśam ”
viśeṣato* -
Cannot analyse dārḍhyamiyāya*mi
mitram -
mitra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mitra (noun, neuter)

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

mitrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dvāva -
dva (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
pakṣāva -
pakṣa (noun, masculine)

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

pakṣi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pakṣu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√pakṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active first dual]
aparas -
apara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nāśam -
nāśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√naś -> nāśam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √naś]

√naś -> nāśam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √naś]