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 3.38

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अथाज्ञया भर्तृसुतस्य तस्य निवर्तयामास रथं नियन्ता ।
ततः कुमारो भवनं तदेव चिन्तावशः शून्यमिव प्रपेदे ॥ ३८ ॥

athājñayā bhartṛsutasya tasya nivartayāmāsa rathaṃ niyantā |
tataḥ kumāro bhavanaṃ tadeva cintāvaśaḥ śūnyamiva prapede || 38 ||

Then the charioteer at the command of the king's son turned the chariot back, and the prince lost in thought entered even that royal palace as if it were empty.
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 (3.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Ajna, Suta, Tad, Nivarta, Amasa, Ratha, Niyantri, Tatah, Tata, Kumara, Bhavana, Tada, Iva, Cintavasha, Shunya, Prapa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.38). 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: “athājñayā bhartṛsutasya tasya nivartayāmāsa rathaṃ niyantā ”
athā -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ajñayā -
ajñā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
bhartṛ -
bhartṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
sutasya -
suta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

suta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> suta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √sū class 2 verb]
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]
nivartayā -
nivartā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
amāsa -
amāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

amāsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ratham -
ratha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
niyantā -
niyantṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tataḥ kumāro bhavanaṃ tadeva cintāvaśaḥ śūnyamiva prapede ”
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]
bhavanam -
bhavana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhavana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tade -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tada (noun, masculine)

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

tada (noun, neuter)

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

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cintāvaśaḥ -
cintāvaśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śūnyam -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

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

śūnyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
prape -
prapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
de -
da (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

dā (noun, feminine)

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

dā (noun, masculine)

[dative single]