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 2.40

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आशावते चाभिगताय सद्यो देयाम्बुभिस्तर्षमचेच्छिदिष्ट ।
युद्धादृते वृत्तपरश्वधेन द्विदर्पमुद्वृत्तमबेभिदिष्ट ॥ ४० ॥

āśāvate cābhigatāya sadyo deyāmbubhistarṣamacecchidiṣṭa |
yuddhādṛte vṛttaparaśvadhena dvidarpamudvṛttamabebhidiṣṭa || 40 ||

When a suppliant came to him with a petition, he at once hastened to quench his thirst with the water sprinkled on his gift; and without fighting, by the battle-axe of his demeanour he smote down the arrogant armed with a double pride.
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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 (2.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashavat, Ashavata, Abhigata, Sadyah, Sadya, Sadyas, Deya, Ambu, Tarsham, Tarsha, Shi, Dishta, Yuddha, Rite, Rita, Riti, Vritta, Parashvadha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.40). 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: “āśāvate cābhigatāya sadyo deyāmbubhistarṣamacecchidiṣṭa ”
āśāvate -
āśāvat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

āśāvat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

āśāvatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhigatāya -
abhigata (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

abhigata (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
sadyo* -
sadyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sadyas (noun, neuter)

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

sadya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
deyā -
deya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

deya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

deyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ambubhis -
ambu (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

ambu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ambu (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
tarṣam -
tarṣam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tarṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tarṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
acecch -
√ac (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√añc (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
śi -
śi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

śī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
diṣṭa -
diṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

diṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “yuddhādṛte vṛttaparaśvadhena dvidarpamudvṛttamabebhidiṣṭa ”
yuddhād -
yuddha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

yuddha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [ablative single from √yudh class 4 verb]

√yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [ablative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
ṛte -
ṛte (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ṛte (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ṛta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ṛta (noun, neuter)

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

ṛtā (noun, feminine)

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

ṛti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛti (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
vṛtta -
vṛtta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vṛtta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
paraśvadhena -
paraśvadha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
Cannot analyse dvidarpamudvṛttamabebhidiṣṭa