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 3.60

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ततः स धीरो ऽपि नरेन्द्रसूनुः श्रुत्वैव मृत्युं विषसाद सद्यः ।
अंसेन संश्लिष्य च कूबराग्रं प्रोवाच निह्रादवता स्वरेण ॥ ६० ॥

tataḥ sa dhīro 'pi narendrasūnuḥ śrutvaiva mṛtyuṃ viṣasāda sadyaḥ |
aṃsena saṃśliṣya ca kūbarāgraṃ provāca nihrādavatā svareṇa || 60 ||

Then the king's son, sedate though he was, as soon as he heard of death, immediately sank down overwhelmed, and pressing the end of the chariot-pole with his shoulder spoke with a loud voice,
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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 (3.60). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Dhira, Api, Narendra, Sunu, Mrityu, Visha, Sada, Sadyah, Sadya, Sadyas, Amsa, Samshlishya, Kubara, Agram, Agra, Pra, Nihradavat, Nihradavata, Svara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.60). 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: “tataḥ sa dhīro 'pi narendrasūnuḥ śrutvaiva mṛtyuṃ viṣasāda sadyaḥ ”
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]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhīro' -
dhīra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
narendra -
narendra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sūnuḥ -
sūnu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

sūnu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śrutvai -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
mṛtyum -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
viṣa -
viṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāda -
sāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sadyaḥ -
sadyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sadyas (noun, neuter)

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

sadya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “aṃsena saṃśliṣya ca kūbarāgraṃ provāca nihrādavatā svareṇa ”
aṃsena -
aṃsa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

saṃśliṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kūbarā -
kūbara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kūbara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
agram -
agram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

agra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

agra (noun, neuter)

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

agrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pro -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
nihrādavatā -
nihrādavat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

nihrādavat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

nihrādavatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
svareṇa -
svara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

svara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]