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 2.39

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इष्टेष्वनिष्टेषु च कार्यवत्सु न रागदोषाश्रयतां प्रपेदे ।
शिवं सिषेवे ऽव्यवहारलब्धं यज्ञं हि मेने न तथा यथावत् ॥ ३९ ॥

iṣṭeṣvaniṣṭeṣu ca kāryavatsu na rāgadoṣāśrayatāṃ prapede |
śivaṃ siṣeve 'vyavahāralabdhaṃ yajñaṃ hi mene na tathā yathāvat || 39 ||

In things which required to be done, whether they were pleasant or disagreeable, he found no reason either for desire or dislike; he pursued the advantageous which could be attained without litigation; he did not so highly value sacrifice.
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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 (2.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ishta, Anishta, Karyavat, Ragada, Usha, Ush, Prapa, Shivam, Shiva, Avyavahara, Labdha, Yajna, Mena, Meni, Tatha, Yathavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.39). 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: “iṣṭeṣvaniṣṭeṣu ca kāryavatsu na rāgadoṣāśrayatāṃ prapede ”
iṣṭeṣva -
iṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

iṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √yaj class 1 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √yaj class 1 verb]
aniṣṭeṣu -
aniṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

aniṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāryavatsu -
kāryavat (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kāryavat (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rāgado -
rāgada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rāgada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

rāgadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uṣā -
uṣā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

uṣ (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

uṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśrayatām -
√śri (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third dual]
prape -
prapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
de -
da (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

dā (noun, feminine)

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

dā (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
Line 2: “śivaṃ siṣeve 'vyavahāralabdhaṃ yajñaṃ hi mene na tathā yathāvat ”
śivam -
śivam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

śiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śiva (noun, neuter)

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

śivā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
siṣeve' -
√sev (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
avyavahāra -
avyavahāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
labdham -
labdha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

labdha (noun, neuter)

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

labdhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √labh class 1 verb]

√labh -> labdha (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √labh class 1 verb]
yajñam -
yajña (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
mene -
mena (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

menā (noun, feminine)

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

meni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√man (verb class 4)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√man (verb class 8)

[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]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yathāvat -
yathāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]