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 4.19

ऋष्यशृङ्गं मुनिसुतं तथैव स्त्रीष्वपण्डितम् ।
उपायैर्विविधैः शान्ता जग्राह च जहार च ॥ १९ ॥

ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ munisutaṃ tathaiva strīṣvapaṇḍitam |
upāyairvividhaiḥ śāntā jagrāha ca jahāra ca || 19 ||

'So Shanta by her various wiles captivated and subdued the sage's son Rishyasringa, unskilled in women's ways.

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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 (4.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rishyashringa, Munisuta, Tatha, Strishu, Stri, Apandita, Upaya, Vividha, Shanta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.19). 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: “ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ munisutaṃ tathaiva strīṣvapaṇḍitam
  • ṛṣyaśṛṅgam -
  • ṛṣyaśṛṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṛṣyaśṛṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • munisutam -
  • munisuta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • strīṣva -
  • strīṣū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    strī (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • apaṇḍitam -
  • apaṇḍita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    apaṇḍita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    apaṇḍitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “upāyairvividhaiḥ śāntā jagrāha ca jahāra ca
  • upāyair -
  • upāya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vividhaiḥ -
  • vividha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vividha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śāntā* -
  • śānta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śāntā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √śam class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √śam class 9 verb]
    śam -> śāntā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √śam class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √śam class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √śam class 9 verb]
  • jagrāha -
  • grah (verb class 9)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jahāra -
  • hṛ (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    hṝ (verb class 9)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 4.19

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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