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 4.15

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यद्यपि स्यादयं वीरः श्रीप्रभावान्महानिति ।
स्त्रीणामपि महत्तेज इति कार्यो ऽत्र निश्चयः ॥ १५ ॥

yadyapi syādayaṃ vīraḥ śrīprabhāvānmahāniti |
strīṇāmapi mahatteja iti kāryo 'tra niścayaḥ || 15 ||

'What though this hero be great by his exalted glory, yet "great is the might of women," let this be your firm resolve.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadi, Yad, Api, Syat, Sya, Aya, Idam, Vira, Shriprabhava, Maha, Mahat, Iti, Stri, Mahatta, Kari, Karya, Atra, Nishcaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.15). 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: “yadyapi syādayaṃ vīraḥ śrīprabhāvānmahāniti ”
yadya -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vīraḥ -
vīra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śrīprabhāvān -
śrīprabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
mahān -
maha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

mahat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
Line 2: “strīṇāmapi mahatteja iti kāryo 'tra niścayaḥ ”
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
mahatte -
mahattā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ja* -
ja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kāryo' -
kārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niścayaḥ -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]