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 3.3

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ततो नृपस्तस्य निशम्य भावं पुत्राभिधानस्य मनोरथस्य ।
स्नेहस्य लक्ष्म्या वयसश्च योग्याम्-आज्ञापयामास विहारयात्राम् ॥ ३ ॥

tato nṛpastasya niśamya bhāvaṃ putrābhidhānasya manorathasya |
snehasya lakṣmyā vayasaśca yogyām-ājñāpayāmāsa vihārayātrām || 3 ||

The king, having learned the character of the wish thus expressed by his son, ordered a pleasure-party to be prepared, worthy of his own, affection and his son's beauty and youth.
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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 (3.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Nripa, Nisham, Nisha, Bhava, Putra, Abhidhana, Manoratha, Sneha, Lakshmi, Vayas, Vayasa, Yogya, Yogi, Ajna, Viharayatra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.3). 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: “tato nṛpastasya niśamya bhāvaṃ putrābhidhānasya manorathasya ”
tato* -
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]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
nṛpas -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
niśam -
niśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

niśa (noun, neuter)

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

niśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ya -
bhāvam -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
putrā -
putra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

putrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhidhānasya -
abhidhāna (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
manorathasya -
manoratha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
Line 2: “snehasya lakṣmyā vayasaśca yogyām-ājñāpayāmāsa vihārayātrām ”
snehasya -
sneha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
lakṣmyā* -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vayasaś -
vayas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vayasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yogyām -
yogyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√yuj -> yogyā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]

yogī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
ājñā -
ājñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apayāmā -
√pay (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first plural]

√pi (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first plural]

√pī (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first plural]
asa -
asan (noun, neuter)

[compound]
vihārayātrām -
vihārayātrā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]