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 3.1

ततः कदाचिन्मृदुशाद्वलानि पुंस्कोकिलोन्नादितपादपानि ।
शुश्राव पद्माकरमण्डितानि शीते निबद्धानि स काननानि ॥ १ ॥

tataḥ kadācinmṛduśādvalāni puṃskokilonnāditapādapāni |
śuśrāva padmākaramaṇḍitāni śīte nibaddhāni sa kānanāni || 1 ||

On a certain day he heard of the forests carpeted with tender grass, with their trees resounding with the kokilas, adorned with lotus-ponds, and which had been all bound up in the cold season.

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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 (3.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Kadacit, Mridu, Shadvala, Pumskokila, Unna, Ita, Padapa, Ani, Padmakara, Mandita, Shita, Shiti, Nibaddha, Kanana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “tataḥ kadācinmṛduśādvalāni puṃskokilonnāditapādapāni
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • kadācin -
  • kadācit (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • mṛdu -
  • mṛdu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    mṛdu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mṛdū (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • śādvalāni -
  • śādvala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • puṃskokilo -
  • puṃskokila (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • unnād -
  • unna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    unna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    und -> unna (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √und class 6 verb], [ablative single from √und class 7 verb]
    und -> unna (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √und class 6 verb], [ablative single from √und class 7 verb]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • pādapā -
  • pādapa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pādapā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ani -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “śuśrāva padmākaramaṇḍitāni śīte nibaddhāni sa kānanāni
  • śuśrāva -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • padmākara -
  • padmākara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • maṇḍitāni -
  • maṇḍita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    maṇḍ -> maṇḍita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √maṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √maṇḍ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √maṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √maṇḍ], [vocative plural from √maṇḍ], [accusative plural from √maṇḍ]
  • śīte -
  • śīta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śīta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śītā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śi -> śīta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √śi class 3 verb], [locative single from √śi class 5 verb]
    śi -> śīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √śi class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √śi class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √śi class 3 verb], [locative single from √śi class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √śi class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √śi class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √śi class 5 verb], [locative single from √śi class 5 verb]
    śi -> śītā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √śi class 3 verb], [vocative single from √śi class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √śi class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √śi class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √śi class 5 verb], [vocative single from √śi class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √śi class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √śi class 5 verb]
    śī -> śīta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √śī class 4 verb]
    śī -> śīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √śī class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śī class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śī class 4 verb], [locative single from √śī class 4 verb]
    śī -> śītā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √śī class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śī class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śī class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śī class 4 verb]
    śyā -> śīta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √śyā class 1 verb]
    śyā -> śīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √śyā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √śyā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √śyā class 1 verb], [locative single from √śyā class 1 verb]
    śyā -> śītā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √śyā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śyā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √śyā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √śyā class 1 verb]
    śīti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    śīti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • nibaddhāni -
  • nibaddha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kānanāni -
  • kānana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 3.1

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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