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 3.7

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अथो नरेन्द्रः सुतमागताश्रुः शिरस्युपाघ्राय चिरं निरीक्ष्य ।
गच्छेति चाज्ञापयति स्म वाचा स्नेहान्न चैनं मनसा मुमोच ॥ ७ ॥

atho narendraḥ sutamāgatāśruḥ śirasyupāghrāya ciraṃ nirīkṣya |
gaccheti cājñāpayati sma vācā snehānna cainaṃ manasā mumoca || 7 ||

Then the king, with tears rising to his eyes, having smelt his son's head and long gazed upon him, gave him his permission, saying, 'Go;' but in his heart through affection he could not let him depart.
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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 (3.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atho, Narendra, Sut, Suta, Agata, Shiras, Upa, Ciram, Cira, Nirikshya, Gaccha, Iti, Jnapayat, Sma, Vaca, Vac, Sneha, Aina, Manasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.7). 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: “atho narendraḥ sutamāgatāśruḥ śirasyupāghrāya ciraṃ nirīkṣya ”
atho -
atho (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
narendraḥ -
narendra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sutam -
suta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

suta (noun, neuter)

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

sutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sut (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb], [accusative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb], [accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb], [accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
āgatā -
āgata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āgata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

āgatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√ag (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
aśruḥ -
√śrā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third plural]
śirasyu -
śiras (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
upā -
upā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ghrāya -
√ghrā -> ghrāya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ghrā]

√ghrā -> ghrāya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ghrā]

√ghrā -> ghrāya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ghrā]
ciram -
ciram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cira (noun, neuter)

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

cirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nirīkṣya -
nirīkṣya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nirīkṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirīkṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “gaccheti cājñāpayati sma vācā snehānna cainaṃ manasā mumoca ”
gacche -
gaccha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

√gam (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
cā -
cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jñāpayati -
√jñā -> jñāpayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √jñā]

√jñā -> jñāpayat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √jñā]

√jñā (verb class 0)

[present active third single]
sma -
sma (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vācā -
vācā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vāc (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

vācā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
snehānn -
sneha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ainam -
aina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
manasā* -
manasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

manasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mumoca -
√muc (verb class 6)

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

√muc (verb class 1)

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