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 3.26

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पुरं तु तत्स्वर्गमिव प्रहृष्टं शुद्धाधिवासाः समवेक्ष्य देवाः ।
जीर्णं नरं निर्ममिरे प्रयातुं सञ्चोदनार्थं क्षितिपात्मजस्य ॥ २६ ॥

puraṃ tu tatsvargamiva prahṛṣṭaṃ śuddhādhivāsāḥ samavekṣya devāḥ |
jīrṇaṃ naraṃ nirmamire prayātuṃ sañcodanārthaṃ kṣitipātmajasya || 26 ||

But then the gods, dwelling in pure abodes, having beheld that city thus rejoicing like heaven itself, created an old man to walk along on purpose to stir the heart of the king's son.
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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 (3.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pur, Pura, Tat, Tad, Svarga, Iva, Prahrishta, Shuddhadhivasa, Sama, Vekshya, Deva, Jirna, Nara, Ira, Pra, Praya, Atu, Sancodana, Artha, Kshitipa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.26). 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: “puraṃ tu tatsvargamiva prahṛṣṭaṃ śuddhādhivāsāḥ samavekṣya devāḥ ”
puram -
pura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

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

purā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

pur (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
svargam -
svarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svarga (noun, neuter)

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

svargā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
prahṛṣṭam -
prahṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prahṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

prahṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śuddhādhivāsāḥ -
śuddhādhivāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śuddhādhivāsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sama -
sama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vekṣya -
√vekṣ -> vekṣya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vekṣ]

√vekṣ -> vekṣya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vekṣ class 10 verb]

√vekṣ -> vekṣya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vekṣ class 10 verb]
devāḥ -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

devā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “jīrṇaṃ naraṃ nirmamire prayātuṃ sañcodanārthaṃ kṣitipātmajasya ”
jīrṇam -
jīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jīrṇa (noun, neuter)

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

jīrṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jṝ -> jīrṇa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jṝ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √jṝ class 9 verb]

√jṝ -> jīrṇa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jṝ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √jṝ class 4 verb], [nominative single from √jṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jṝ class 9 verb]
naram -
nara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nara (noun, neuter)

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

narā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nirmam -
nirmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ire -
irā (noun, feminine)

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

√ir (verb class 6)

[present middle first single]
prayā -
prā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

prayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ātum -
ātu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sañcodanā -
sañcodana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sañcodanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kṣitipāt -
kṣitipa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ma -
ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jasya -
√jas -> jasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jas]

√jas -> jasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jas]

ja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√jas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]