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 2.26

कुलात्ततो ऽस्मै स्थिरशीलयुक्तात्साध्वीं वपुर्ह्रीविनयोपपन्नाम् ।
यशोधरां नाम यशोविशालां तुल्याभिधानं श्रियमाजुहाव ॥ २६ ॥

kulāttato 'smai sthiraśīlayuktātsādhvīṃ vapurhrīvinayopapannām |
yaśodharāṃ nāma yaśoviśālāṃ tulyābhidhānaṃ śriyamājuhāva || 26 ||

Then he sought for him from a family of unblemished moral excellence a bride possessed of beauty, modesty, and gentle bearing, of wide-spread glory, Yashodhara by name, having a name well worthy of her, a very goddess of good fortune.

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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 (2.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kula, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Idam, Sthira, Shila, Yukta, Sadhvi, Vapu, Vapus, Vinaya, Vina, Upapanna, Yashodhara, Naman, Yashovishala, Tulyabhidhana, Shri, Shriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.26). 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: “kulāttato 'smai sthiraśīlayuktātsādhvīṃ vapurhrīvinayopapannām
  • kulāt -
  • kula (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kula (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • 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]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • asmai -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • sthira -
  • sthira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śīla -
  • śīla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śīla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śīl (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yuktāt -
  • yukta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    yukta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
  • sādhvīm -
  • sādhvī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vapur -
  • vapus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vapus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vapu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vapu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hrī -
  • hrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • vinayo -
  • vinaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vinaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vinayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vinā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • upapannām -
  • upapannā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “yaśodharāṃ nāma yaśoviśālāṃ tulyābhidhānaṃ śriyamājuhāva
  • yaśodharām -
  • yaśodharā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yaśoviśālām -
  • yaśoviśālā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tulyābhidhānam -
  • tulyābhidhāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tulyābhidhāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tulyābhidhānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śriyam -
  • śriyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śriya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • juhāva -
  • hu (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 2.26

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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