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 2.35

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नाध्यैष्ट दुःखाय परस्य विद्यां ज्ञानं शिवं यत्तु तदध्यगीष्ट ।
स्वाभ्यः प्रजाभ्यो हि यथा तथैव सर्वप्रजाभ्यः शिवमाशशंसे ॥ ३५ ॥

nādhyaiṣṭa duḥkhāya parasya vidyāṃ jñānaṃ śivaṃ yattu tadadhyagīṣṭa |
svābhyaḥ prajābhyo hi yathā tathaiva sarvaprajābhyaḥ śivamāśaśaṃse || 35 ||

He sought not learning to vex another; such knowledge as was beneficent, that only he studied; he wished well to all mankind as much as to his own subjects.
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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 (2.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nadhya, Duhkha, Para, Vidya, Jnana, Shivam, Shiva, Yat, Yad, Sva, Praja, Yatha, Tatha, Saru, Sarva, Apraja, Asha, Shamsa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.35). 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: “nādhyaiṣṭa duḥkhāya parasya vidyāṃ jñānaṃ śivaṃ yattu tadadhyagīṣṭa ”
nādhyaiṣ -
√nādh -> nādhya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √nādh class 1 verb]

√nādh -> nādhya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √nādh class 1 verb]
ṭa -
ṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
duḥkhāya -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
parasya -
para (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

para (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vidyām -
vidyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[optative active first single]
jñānam -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

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

jñānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śivam -
śivam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

śiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śiva (noun, neuter)

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

śivā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ta -
ta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
dadhyag -
dadhyac (noun, masculine)

[compound]
īṣ -
ī (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
ṭa -
ṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “svābhyaḥ prajābhyo hi yathā tathaiva sarvaprajābhyaḥ śivamāśaśaṃse ”
svābhyaḥ -
svā (noun, feminine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
prajābhyo* -
prajā (noun, feminine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
sarva -
saru (noun, masculine)

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

saru (noun, neuter)

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

saru (noun, feminine)

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

sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
aprajābhyaḥ -
aprajā (noun, feminine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
śivam -
śivam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

śiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śiva (noun, neuter)

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

śivā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āśa -
āśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaṃse -
śaṃsa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śaṃsa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

śaṃsā (noun, feminine)

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