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 3.11

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तं तुष्टुवुः सौम्यगुणेन केचिद्ववन्दिरे दीप्ततया तथान्ये ।
सौमुख्यतस्तु श्रियमस्य केचिद्वैपुल्यमाशंसिषुरायुषश्च ॥ ११ ॥

taṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ saumyaguṇena kecidvavandire dīptatayā tathānye |
saumukhyatastu śriyamasya kecidvaipulyamāśaṃsiṣurāyuṣaśca || 11 ||

Some praised him for his gentle disposition, others hailed him for his glorious appearance, others eulogised his beauty from his fine countenance and desired for him length of days.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Saumi, Saumya, Aguna, Kah, Kim, Cit, Dipta, Tatha, Yah, Yat, Saumukhya, Tas, Shri, Shriya, Idam, Vaipulya, Ashamsin, Ashamsi, Ayus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.11). 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: “taṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ saumyaguṇena kecidvavandire dīptatayā tathānye ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tuṣṭuvuḥ -
√stu (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
saumya -
saumī (noun, feminine)

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

saumya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saumya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√su (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
aguṇena -
aguṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

aguṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vavandire -
√vand (verb class 1)

[perfect middle third plural]
dīpta -
dīpta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dīpta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tayā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
tathān -
tatha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “saumukhyatastu śriyamasya kecidvaipulyamāśaṃsiṣurāyuṣaśca ”
saumukhya -
saumukhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tas -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
śriyam -
śriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śriya (noun, neuter)

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

śrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vaipulyam -
vaipulya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaipulya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āśaṃsiṣu -
āśaṃsin (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

āśaṃsin (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

āśaṃsī (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
rā -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]

ra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āyuṣaś -
āyus (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

āyus (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]