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 2.36

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तं भासुरं चाङ्गिरसाधिदेवं यथावदानर्च तदायुषे सः ।
जुहाव हव्यान्यकृशे कृशानौ ददौ द्विजेभ्यः कृशनं च गाश्च ॥ ३६ ॥

taṃ bhāsuraṃ cāṅgirasādhidevaṃ yathāvadānarca tadāyuṣe saḥ |
juhāva havyānyakṛśe kṛśānau dadau dvijebhyaḥ kṛśanaṃ ca gāśca || 36 ||

He worshipped also duly the brilliant (Agni) that tutelary god of the Angirasas, for his son's long life; and he offered oblations in a large fire, and gave gold and cows to the Brahmans.
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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 (2.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhasura, Angiras, Angirasa, Adhideva, Yathavat, Tada, Ayusha, Ayus, Sah, Havya, Akrisha, Krishanu, Dad, Dada, Dadi, Dvija, Krishana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.36). 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: “taṃ bhāsuraṃ cāṅgirasādhidevaṃ yathāvadānarca tadāyuṣe saḥ ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bhāsuram -
bhāsura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhāsura (noun, neuter)

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

bhāsurā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṅgirasā -
aṅgirasa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅgiras (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

aṅgirasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adhidevam -
adhideva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
yathāvad -
yathāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ānarca -
√ṛc (verb class 1)

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

√ṛc (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
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]
āyuṣe -
āyuṣa (noun, neuter)

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

āyus (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

āyus (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “juhāva havyānyakṛśe kṛśānau dadau dvijebhyaḥ kṛśanaṃ ca gāśca ”
juhāva -
√hu (verb class 3)

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

√hū (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
havyānya -
havya (noun, neuter)

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

√hu -> havya (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √hu class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √hu class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √hu class 3 verb]

√hū -> havya (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √hū class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hū class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √hū class 1 verb]
akṛśe -
akṛśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

akṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

akṛśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kṛśānau -
kṛśānu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
dadau -
dad (noun, masculine)

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

dada (noun, masculine)

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

dadi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dadi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√dā (verb class 1)

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

√dā (verb class 3)

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

√dā (verb class 2)

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

√dā (verb class 4)

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

√dai (verb class 1)

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

√de (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
dvijebhyaḥ -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

dvija (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
kṛśanam -
kṛśana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṛśana (noun, neuter)

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

kṛśanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gāś -
ga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gā (noun, feminine)

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

go (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√gā (verb class 2)

[injunctive active second single]

√gā (verb class 3)

[injunctive active second single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]