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 2.45

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तस्मिंस्तथा भूमिपतौ प्रवृत्ते भृत्याश्च पौराश्च तथैव चेरुः ।
शमात्मके चेतसि विप्रसन्ने प्रयुक्तयोगस्य यथेन्द्रियाणि ॥ ४५ ॥

tasmiṃstathā bhūmipatau pravṛtte bhṛtyāśca paurāśca tathaiva ceruḥ |
śamātmake cetasi viprasanne prayuktayogasya yathendriyāṇi || 45 ||

When the monarch himself was thus employed his servants and citizens followed his example, like the senses of one absorbed in contemplation whose mind is abstracted in profound repose.
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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 (2.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tatha, Bhumipati, Pravritta, Pravritti, Bhriti, Bhritya, Paura, Ceru, Shamatmaka, Cetas, Viprasanna, Prayukti, Yatha, Indriya, Indriyani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.45). 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: “tasmiṃstathā bhūmipatau pravṛtte bhṛtyāśca paurāśca tathaiva ceruḥ ”
tasmiṃs -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
bhūmipatau -
bhūmipati (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
pravṛtte -
pravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pravṛtta (noun, neuter)

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

pravṛttā (noun, feminine)

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

pravṛtti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
bhṛtyāś -
bhṛti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

bhṛtya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhṛtyā (noun, feminine)

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

bhṛtī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paurāś -
paura (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
ceruḥ -
ceru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ceru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√car (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
Line 2: “śamātmake cetasi viprasanne prayuktayogasya yathendriyāṇi ”
śamātmake -
śamātmaka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śamātmaka (noun, neuter)

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

śamātmakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
cetasi -
cetas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√cit (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
viprasanne -
viprasanna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

viprasanna (noun, neuter)

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

viprasannā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
prayuktayo -
prayukti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
gasya -
ga (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ga (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
yathe -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
indriyāṇi -
indriyāṇi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

indriyāṇi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

indriyāṇi (noun, neuter)

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

indriya (noun, neuter)

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