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 4.18

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गौतमं दीर्घतपसं महार्षिं दीर्घजीविनम् ।
योषित् सन्तोषयामास वर्णस्थानावरा सती ॥ १८ ॥

gautamaṃ dīrghatapasaṃ mahārṣiṃ dīrghajīvinam |
yoṣit santoṣayāmāsa varṇasthānāvarā satī || 18 ||

'And a woman low in standing and caste fascinated the great seer Gautama, though a master of long penances and old in years.
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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 (4.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gautama, Dirghatapas, Maharshi, Dirghajivin, Yoshit, Santosha, Amasa, Varnasthana, Avara, Sat, Sati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.18). 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: “gautamaṃ dīrghatapasaṃ mahārṣiṃ dīrghajīvinam ”
gautamam -
gautama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gautama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dīrghatapasam -
dīrghatapasā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dīrghatapas (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
mahārṣim -
mahārṣi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

mahārṣi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
dīrghajīvinam -
dīrghajīvin (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “yoṣit santoṣayāmāsa varṇasthānāvarā satī ”
yoṣit -
yoṣit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
santoṣayā -
santoṣā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

amāsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varṇasthānā -
varṇasthāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
avarā -
avarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
satī -
satī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

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

sati (noun, feminine)

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