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 2.38

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सान्त्वं बभाषे न च नार्थवद्यज्जजल्प तत्त्वं न च विप्रियं यत् ।
सान्त्वं ह्यतत्वं परुषं च तत्त्वं ह्रियाशकन्नात्मन एव वक्तुम् ॥ ३८ ॥

sāntvaṃ babhāṣe na ca nārthavadyajjajalpa tattvaṃ na ca vipriyaṃ yat |
sāntvaṃ hyatatvaṃ paruṣaṃ ca tattvaṃ hriyāśakannātmana eva vaktum || 38 ||

He only spoke what was pleasant and not unprofitable; he discoursed about what was true and not ill-natured, he could not speak even to himself for very shame a false pleasant thing or a harsh truth.
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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 (2.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Santva, Tattva, Vipriya, Yat, Yad, Parusham, Parusha, Hri, Asha, Kanna, Mana, Manas, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.38). 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: “sāntvaṃ babhāṣe na ca nārthavadyajjajalpa tattvaṃ na ca vipriyaṃ yat ”
sāntvam -
sāntva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sāntva (noun, neuter)

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

sāntvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
babhāṣe -
√bhāṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse nārthavadyajjajalpa*ta
tattvam -
tattva (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vipriyam -
vipriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vipriya (noun, neuter)

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

vipriyā (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]
Line 2: “sāntvaṃ hyatatvaṃ paruṣaṃ ca tattvaṃ hriyāśakannātmana eva vaktum ”
sāntvam -
sāntva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sāntva (noun, neuter)

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

sāntvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
atatva -
√at (verb class 1)

[imperative active third single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
paruṣam -
paruṣam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paruṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paruṣa (noun, neuter)

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

paruṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tattvam -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hriyā -
hrī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
āśa -
āśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kannāt -
kanna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kanna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mana* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaktum -
√vac -> vaktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √vac]

√vac -> vaktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √vac]