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 2.42

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कृतागसो ऽपि प्रतिपाद्य वध्यान्नाजीघनन्नापि रुषा ददर्श ।
बबन्ध सान्त्वेन फलेन चैतांस्त्यागो ऽपि तेषां ह्यनपायदृष्टः ॥ ४२ ॥

kṛtāgaso 'pi pratipādya vadhyānnājīghanannāpi ruṣā dadarśa |
babandha sāntvena phalena caitāṃstyāgo 'pi teṣāṃ hyanapāyadṛṣṭaḥ || 42 ||

Guilty persons, even though he had sentenced them to death, he did not cause to be killed nor even looked on them with anger; he bound them with gentle words and with the reform produced in their character,—even their release was accompanied by no inflicted injury.
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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 (2.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kritagas, Api, Pratipadya, Vadhya, Aji, Gha, Nat, Rusha, Santva, Phala, Eta, Esha, Tyaga, Tad, Anapayadrishta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.42). 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: “kṛtāgaso 'pi pratipādya vadhyānnājīghanannāpi ruṣā dadarśa ”
kṛtāgaso' -
kṛtāgas (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

kṛtāgas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
pratipādya -
pratipādya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratipādya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vadhyānn -
vadhya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ājī -
āji (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
gha -
gha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nann -
nat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
āpi -
āpi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āpi (noun, neuter)

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

āpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

āpī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

āpī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

āpī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ruṣā* -
ruṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dadarśa -
√dṛś (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “babandha sāntvena phalena caitāṃstyāgo 'pi teṣāṃ hyanapāyadṛṣṭaḥ ”
babandha -
√bandh (verb class 1)

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

√bandh (verb class 4)

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

√bandh (verb class 9)

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

[instrumental single]

sāntva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
phalena -
phala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

phala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
etāṃs -
eta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tyāgo' -
tyāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
anapāyadṛṣṭaḥ -
anapāyadṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]