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 4.8

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तास्तथा तु निरारम्भा दृष्ट्वा प्रणयविक्लवाः ।
पुरोहितसुतो धीमानुदायी वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ८ ॥

tāstathā tu nirārambhā dṛṣṭvā praṇayaviklavāḥ |
purohitasuto dhīmānudāyī vākyamabravīt || 8 ||

But having seen them thus listless, bewildered in their love, the wise son of the family priest, Udayin, thus addressed them:
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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 (4.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tas, Tatha, Nirarambha, Pranaya, Viklava, Purohita, Sut, Suta, Dhimat, Udayin, Vakya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.8). 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: “tāstathā tu nirārambhā dṛṣṭvā praṇayaviklavāḥ ”
tās -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nirārambhā* -
nirārambha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nirārambhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
praṇaya -
praṇaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
viklavāḥ -
viklava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

viklavā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “purohitasuto dhīmānudāyī vākyamabravīt ”
purohita -
purohita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

purohita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
suto* -
sut (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sut (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

suta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
dhīmān -
dhīmat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
udāyī -
udāyin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vākyam -
vākya (noun, neuter)

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

√vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
abravīt -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]