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 3.52

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स्नेहाच्च भावं तनयस्य बुद्ध्वा संवेगदोषानविचिन्त्य कांश्चित् ।
योग्याः समाज्ञापयति स्म तत्र कलास्वभिज्ञ इति वारमुख्याः ॥ ५२ ॥

snehācca bhāvaṃ tanayasya buddhvā saṃvegadoṣānavicintya kāṃścit |
yogyāḥ samājñāpayati sma tatra kalāsvabhijña iti vāramukhyāḥ || 52 ||

And in his affection pondering on the condition of his son, never thinking of any ills that might come from his haste, he ordered the best singing-women to be in attendance, as well-skilled in all the soft arts that can please.
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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 (3.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sneha, Bhava, Tanaya, Buddhva, Samvega, Dosha, Avicintya, Kah, Cit, Yogya, Yogi, Samajna, Apayat, Sma, Tatra, Kala, Abhijna, Iti, Varamukhya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.52). 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: “snehācca bhāvaṃ tanayasya buddhvā saṃvegadoṣānavicintya kāṃścit ”
snehāc -
sneha (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāvam -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
tanayasya -
tanaya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

tanaya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
buddhvā -
√budh -> buddhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √budh]

√budh -> buddhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √budh]

buddhvā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
doṣān -
doṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
avicintya -
avicintya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avicintya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāṃś -
ka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
cit -
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]
Line 2: “yogyāḥ samājñāpayati sma tatra kalāsvabhijña iti vāramukhyāḥ ”
yogyāḥ -
yogya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

yogyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√yuj -> yogya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb]

√yuj -> yogyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √yuj class 7 verb]

yogī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
samājñā -
samājñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āpayati -
√āp -> āpayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √āp]

√āp -> āpayat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √āp]

√i -> āpayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √i]

√i -> āpayat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √i]

√āp (verb class 0)

[present active third single]

√i (verb class 0)

[present active third single]
sma -
sma (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kalāsva -
kalā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
abhijña* -
abhijña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
vāramukhyāḥ -
vāramukhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāramukhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]