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 3.40

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अथापरं व्याधिपरीतदेहं त एव देवाः ससृजुर्मनुष्यम् ।
दृष्ट्वा च तं सारथिमाबभाषे शौद्धोदनिस्तद्गतदृष्टिरेव ॥ ४० ॥

athāparaṃ vyādhiparītadehaṃ ta eva devāḥ sasṛjurmanuṣyam |
dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ sārathimābabhāṣe śauddhodanistadgatadṛṣṭireva || 40 ||

Then the same deities created another man with his body all afflicted by disease; and on seeing him the son of Shuddhodana addressed the charioteer, having his gaze fixed on the man:
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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 (3.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Aparam, Apara, Vyadhin, Vyadhi, Parita, Deha, Tas, Eva, Deva, Manushya, Sarathi, Shauddhodani, Tadgata, Drishti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.40). 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: “athāparaṃ vyādhiparītadehaṃ ta eva devāḥ sasṛjurmanuṣyam ”
athā -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aparam -
aparam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

apara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apara (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
vyādhi -
vyādhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhin (noun, neuter)

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

vyādhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
parīta -
parīta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parīta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
deham -
deha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ta* -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
devāḥ -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

devā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sasṛjur -
√sṛj (verb class 6)

[perfect active third plural]
manuṣyam -
manuṣya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

manuṣya (noun, neuter)

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

manuṣyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ sārathimābabhāṣe śauddhodanistadgatadṛṣṭireva ”
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative 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]
sārathim -
sārathi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
babhāṣe -
√bhāṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
śauddhodanis -
śauddhodani (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tadgata -
tadgata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tadgata (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]