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 2.47

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अथेष्टपुत्रः परमप्रतीतः कुलस्य वृद्धिं प्रति भूमिपालः ।
यथैव पुत्रप्रसवे ननन्द तथैव पौत्रप्रसवे ननन्द ॥ ४७ ॥

atheṣṭaputraḥ paramapratītaḥ kulasya vṛddhiṃ prati bhūmipālaḥ |
yathaiva putraprasave nananda tathaiva pautraprasave nananda || 47 ||

Then the king who from regard to the welfare of his race had longed for a son and been exceedingly delighted [at his coming],—as he had rejoiced at the birth of his son, so did he now rejoice at the birth of his grandson.
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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 (2.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Ishta, Putra, Parama, Pratita, Kula, Vriddhi, Prati, Bhumipala, Yatha, Prasava, Nananda, Tatha, Pautra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.47). 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: “atheṣṭaputraḥ paramapratītaḥ kulasya vṛddhiṃ prati bhūmipālaḥ ”
athe -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
iṣṭa -
iṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

iṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
putraḥ -
putra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
parama -
parama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pratītaḥ -
pratīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kulasya -
kula (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kula (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vṛddhim -
vṛddhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

vṛddhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yathaiva putraprasave nananda tathaiva pautraprasave nananda ”
yathai -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prasave -
prasava (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

nananda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√nand (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pautra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prasave -
prasava (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

nananda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√nand (verb class 1)

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