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 3.27

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ततः कुमारो जरयाभिभूतं दृष्ट्वा नरेभ्यः पृथगाकृतिं तम् ।
उवाच सङ्ग्राहकमागतास्थस्तत्रैव निष्कम्पनिविष्टदृष्टिः ॥ २७ ॥

tataḥ kumāro jarayābhibhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā narebhyaḥ pṛthagākṛtiṃ tam |
uvāca saṅgrāhakamāgatāsthastatraiva niṣkampaniviṣṭadṛṣṭiḥ || 27 ||

The prince having beheld him thus overcome with decrepitude and different in form from other men, with his gaze intently fixed on him, thus addressed his driver with simple confidence:
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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 (3.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Kumara, Jara, Abhibhuta, Nara, Prithak, Akriti, Sangrahaka, Agatastha, Tatraiva, Nishkampa, Nivishta, Drishti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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Line 1: “tataḥ kumāro jarayābhibhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā narebhyaḥ pṛthagākṛtiṃ tam ”
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]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
kumāro* -
kumāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jarayā -
jarā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√jṝ (verb class 10)

[imperative active second single]

√jṝ (verb class 0)

[imperative active second single]
abhibhūtam -
abhibhūta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

abhibhūta (noun, neuter)

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

abhibhūtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
narebhyaḥ -
nara (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

nara (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
pṛthag -
pṛthak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ākṛtim -
ākṛti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ākṛti (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
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]
Line 2: “uvāca saṅgrāhakamāgatāsthastatraiva niṣkampaniviṣṭadṛṣṭiḥ ”
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

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

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
saṅgrāhakam -
saṅgrāhaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

saṅgrāhaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āgatāsthas -
āgatāstha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tatraiva -
tatraiva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]
niṣkampa -
niṣkampa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣkampa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

niviṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛṣṭiḥ -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]