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 3.54

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ततस्तथा गच्छति राजपुत्रे तैरेव देवैर्विहितो गतासुः ।
तं चैव मार्गे मृतमुह्यमानं सूतः कुमारश्च ददर्श नान्यः ॥ ५४ ॥

tatastathā gacchati rājaputre taireva devairvihito gatāsuḥ |
taṃ caiva mārge mṛtamuhyamānaṃ sūtaḥ kumāraśca dadarśa nānyaḥ || 54 ||

But as the king's son was thus going on his way, the very same deities created a dead man, and only the charioteer and the prince, and none else, beheld him as he was carried dead along the road.
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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 (3.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Tatha, Gacchat, Rajaputra, Taira, Iva, Deva, Vihita, Gatasu, Marga, Mrita, Uhyamana, Suta, 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 3.54). 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: “tatastathā gacchati rājaputre taireva devairvihito gatāsuḥ ”
tatas -
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]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
gacchati -
gacchat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gacchat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
rājaputre -
rājaputra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

rājaputrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
taire -
taira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
devair -
deva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

deva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vihito* -
vihita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gatāsuḥ -
gatāsu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

gatāsu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “taṃ caiva mārge mṛtamuhyamānaṃ sūtaḥ kumāraśca dadarśa nānyaḥ ”
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]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
mārge -
mārga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mārga (noun, neuter)

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

mārgā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
mṛtam -
mṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mṛta (noun, neuter)

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

mṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
uhyamānam -
√uh -> uhyamāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √uh class 1 verb]

√uh -> uhyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √uh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √uh class 1 verb]

√vah -> uhyamāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah -> uhyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vah class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vah class 1 verb]
sūtaḥ -
sūta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√su -> sūta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √su class 1 verb], [nominative single from √su class 2 verb]

√sū -> sūta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> sūta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb]
kumāraś -
kumāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dadarśa -
√dṛś (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
nānya -
na (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]