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 2.19

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ततः कुमारं सुरगर्भकल्पं स्नेहेन भावेन च निर्विशेषम् ।
मातृष्वसा मातृसमप्रभावा संवर्धयामात्मजवद्बभूव ॥ १९ ॥

tataḥ kumāraṃ suragarbhakalpaṃ snehena bhāvena ca nirviśeṣam |
mātṛṣvasā mātṛsamaprabhāvā saṃvardhayāmātmajavadbabhūva || 19 ||

Then the queen's sister, with an influence like a mother's, undistinguished from the real mother in her affection or tenderness, brought up as her own son the young prince who was like the offspring of the gods.
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 (2.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Kumara, Suragarbha, Kalpam, Kalpa, Sneha, Bhavena, Bhava, Nirvishesha, Matrishvasa, Atmaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.19). 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: “tataḥ kumāraṃ suragarbhakalpaṃ snehena bhāvena ca nirviśeṣam ”
tataḥ -
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]
kumāram -
kumāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kumāra (noun, neuter)

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

kumārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
suragarbha -
suragarbha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kalpam -
kalpam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kalpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kalpa (noun, neuter)

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

kalpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
snehena -
sneha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
bhāvena -
bhāvena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirviśeṣam -
nirviśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nirviśeṣa (noun, neuter)

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

nirviśeṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “mātṛṣvasā mātṛsamaprabhāvā saṃvardhayāmātmajavadbabhūva ”
mātṛṣvasā* -
mātṛṣvasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mātṛ -
mātṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mātṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
samaprabhāvā -
saṃ -
sa (noun, neuter)

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

sam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vardhayāmā -
√vardh (verb class 10)

[imperative active first plural]

√vṛdh (verb class 0)

[imperative active first plural]
ātmaja -
ātmaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ātmaja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
va -
u (noun, masculine)

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

ū (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

ū (noun, neuter)

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

ū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

au (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

au (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ad -
ad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

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