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 2.18

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देवी तु माया विबुधर्षिकल्पं दृष्ट्वा विशालं तनयप्रभावम् ।
जातं प्रहर्षं न शशाक सोढुं ततो ऽविनाशाय दिवं जगाम ॥ १८ ॥

devī tu māyā vibudharṣikalpaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśālaṃ tanayaprabhāvam |
jātaṃ praharṣaṃ na śaśāka soḍhuṃ tato 'vināśāya divaṃ jagāma || 18 ||

But the queen Maya, having seen the great glory of her new-born son, like some Rishi of the gods, could not sustain the joy which it brought; and that she might not die she went to heaven.
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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 (2.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devi, Devin, Maya, Vibudha, Rishikalpa, Vishalam, Vishala, Tanaya, Prabhava, Jata, Praharsha, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Avinasha, Div, Diva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.18). 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: “devī tu māyā vibudharṣikalpaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśālaṃ tanayaprabhāvam ”
devī -
devī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

devin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
māyā* -
mā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

māya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

māyā (noun, feminine)

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

√mā (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
vibudhar -
vibudha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vibudha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vibudhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ṛṣikalpam -
ṛṣikalpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
viśālam -
viśālam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viśāla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viśāla (noun, neuter)

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

viśālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tanaya -
tanaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tanaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√tan (verb class 10)

[imperative active second single]
prabhāvam -
prabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “jātaṃ praharṣaṃ na śaśāka soḍhuṃ tato 'vināśāya divaṃ jagāma ”
jātam -
jāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jāta (noun, neuter)

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

jātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]

√jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]
praharṣam -
praharṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaśāka -
√śak (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Cannot analyse soḍhum*ta
tato' -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
avināśāya -
avināśa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
divam -
diva (noun, neuter)

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

divan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

divā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

div (noun, masculine)

[accusative 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]