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 3.63

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इति ब्रुवाणे ऽपि नराधिपात्मजे निवर्तयामास स नैव तं रथम् ।
विशेषयुक्तं तु नरेन्द्रशासनात्स पद्मखण्डं वनमेव निर्ययौ ॥ ६३ ॥

iti bruvāṇe 'pi narādhipātmaje nivartayāmāsa sa naiva taṃ ratham |
viśeṣayuktaṃ tu narendraśāsanātsa padmakhaṇḍaṃ vanameva niryayau || 63 ||

Even when the prince thus spoke to him, the charioteer did not turn the chariot back; but at his peremptorily reiterated command he retired to the forest Padmakhanda.
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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 (3.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Bruvana, Api, Naradhipa, Nivarta, Amasa, Naiva, Ratha, Vishesha, Yuktam, Yukta, Narendra, Shasana, Padmakhanda, Vana, Eva, Nih, Yayi, Yayu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.63). 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: “iti bruvāṇe 'pi narādhipātmaje nivartayāmāsa sa naiva taṃ ratham ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
bruvāṇe' -
bruvāṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bruvāṇa (noun, neuter)

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

bruvāṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
narādhipāt -
narādhipa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ma -
ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
je -
ja (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ja (noun, neuter)

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

jā (noun, feminine)

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

ji (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ji (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
nivartayā -
nivartā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

amāsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
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]
ratham -
ratha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “viśeṣayuktaṃ tu narendraśāsanātsa padmakhaṇḍaṃ vanameva niryayau ”
viśeṣa -
viśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśeṣa (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

yukta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yukta (noun, neuter)

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

yuktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
narendra -
narendra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śāsanāt -
śāsana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śāsana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
padmakhaṇḍam -
padmakhaṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vanam -
vana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nir -
niḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

niḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nis (Preverb)

[Preverb]
yayau -
yayi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yayi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

yayu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yayu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

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