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 2.8

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रुरोह संयक् फलवद्यथार्तु तदाकृतेनापि कृषिश्रमेण ।
ता एव चैवौषधयो रसेन सारेण चैवाभ्यधिका बभूवुः ॥ ८ ॥

ruroha saṃyak phalavadyathārtu tadākṛtenāpi kṛṣiśrameṇa |
tā eva caivauṣadhayo rasena sāreṇa caivābhyadhikā babhūvuḥ || 8 ||

A fruitful crop sprang up according to season, even without the labour of ploughing; and the old plants grew more vigorous in juice and substance.
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 (2.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Phalavat, Yatha, Tada, Akrita, Api, Krish, Krishi, Shrama, Tas, Eva, Aushadhi, Rasa, Sara, Abhyadhika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.8). 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: “ruroha saṃyak phalavadyathārtu tadākṛtenāpi kṛṣiśrameṇa ”
ruroha -
√ruh (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Cannot analyse saṃyak*ph
phalavad -
phalavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

phalavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ar -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
tadā -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akṛtenā -
akṛta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

akṛta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
kṛṣi -
kṛṣi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kṛṣī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

kṛṣ (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kṛṣ (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[injunctive middle first single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[injunctive middle first single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[injunctive middle first single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[injunctive middle first single]
śrameṇa -
śrama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “tā eva caivauṣadhayo rasena sāreṇa caivābhyadhikā babhūvuḥ ”
tā* -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aivau -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
auṣadhayo* -
auṣadhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
rasena -
rasa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
sāreṇa -
sāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
abhyadhikā* -
abhyadhika (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

abhyadhikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
babhūvuḥ -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]