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 2.41

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एकं विनिन्ये स जुगोप सप्त सप्तैव तत्याज ररक्ष पञ्च ।
प्राप त्रिवर्गं बुबुधे त्रिवर्गं जज्ञे द्विवर्गं प्रजहौ द्विवर्गम् ॥ ४१ ॥

ekaṃ vininye sa jugopa sapta saptaiva tatyāja rarakṣa pañca |
prāpa trivargaṃ bubudhe trivargaṃ jajñe dvivargaṃ prajahau dvivargam || 41 ||

Thus he took away the one, and protected the seven; he abandoned the seven and kept the five; he obtained the set of three and learned the set of three; he understood the two and abandoned the two.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Sapta, Saptan, Panca, Pancan, Prapa, Trivarga, Jajni, Iva, Ric, Praja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.41). 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: “ekaṃ vininye sa jugopa sapta saptaiva tatyāja rarakṣa pañca ”
ekam -
eka (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

eka (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
vini -
vi (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
nye -
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jugopa -
√gup (verb class 4)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sapta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saptan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

saptan (noun, neuter)

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

√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]

√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
saptai -
sapta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sapta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saptan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

saptan (noun, neuter)

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

saptā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]

√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]

√sap -> saptā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sap class 1 verb]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
tatyāja -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
rarakṣa -
√rakṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
pañca -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pañcan (noun, neuter)

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

√pañc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “prāpa trivargaṃ bubudhe trivargaṃ jajñe dvivargaṃ prajahau dvivargam ”
prāpa -
prāpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
trivargam -
trivarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
bubudhe -
√budh (verb class 1)

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

√budh (verb class 4)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]
jajñe -
jajñi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

jajñi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√jan (verb class 1)

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

√jan (verb class 2)

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

√jan (verb class 3)

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

√jan (verb class 4)

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

√jñā (verb class 3)

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

√jñā (verb class 9)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
dvi -
dū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
ivar -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ṛg -
ṛc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
praja -
praja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

praja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hau -
ha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dvi -
dū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
ivar -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ṛg -
ṛc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]