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 3.53

ततो विशेषेण नरेन्द्रमार्गे स्वलङ्कृते चैव परीक्षिते च ।
व्यत्यास्य सूतं च रथं च राजा प्रस्थापयामास बहिः कुमारम् ॥ ५३ ॥

tato viśeṣeṇa narendramārge svalaṅkṛte caiva parīkṣite ca |
vyatyāsya sūtaṃ ca rathaṃ ca rājā prasthāpayāmāsa bahiḥ kumāram || 53 ||

Then the royal road being specially adorned and guarded, the king once more made the prince go out, having ordered the charioteer and chariot to proceed in a contrary direction (to the previous one).

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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 (3.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vishesha, Narendramarga, Svalankrit, Svalankrita, Parikshit, Parikshita, Parikshiti, Vyati, Asya, Suta, Ratha, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Prastha, Bahih, Bahi, Bahis, Kumara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.53). 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: “tato viśeṣeṇa narendramārge svalaṅkṛte caiva parīkṣite ca
  • tato* -
  • 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]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • viśeṣeṇa -
  • viśeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    viśeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • narendramārge -
  • narendramārga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • svalaṅkṛte -
  • svalaṅkṛt (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    svalaṅkṛt (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    svalaṅkṛta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svalaṅkṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svalaṅkṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • parīkṣite -
  • parīkṣit (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    parīkṣita (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    parīkṣita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    parīkṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    parīkṣiti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “vyatyāsya sūtaṃ ca rathaṃ ca rājā prasthāpayāmāsa bahiḥ kumāram
  • vyatyā -
  • vyati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vyati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āsya -
  • āsya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āsya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √as]
    ās -> āsya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ās]
    as -> āsya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √as]
  • sūtam -
  • sūta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sūta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sūtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    su -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √su class 1 verb], [accusative single from √su class 2 verb]
    su -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √su class 1 verb], [accusative single from √su class 1 verb], [nominative single from √su class 2 verb], [accusative single from √su class 2 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ratham -
  • ratha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • prasthā -
  • prastha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prastha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prasthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apayāmā -
  • pay (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first plural]
    pi (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first plural]
  • asa -
  • asan (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
  • bahiḥ -
  • bahiḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bahis (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bahi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bahi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kumāram -
  • kumāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kumāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kumārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 3.53

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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