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 4.22

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तदेवं सति विश्रब्धं प्रयतध्वं तथा यथा ।
इयं नृपस्य वंशश्रीरितो न स्यात्पराङ्मुखी ॥ २२ ॥

tadevaṃ sati viśrabdhaṃ prayatadhvaṃ tathā yathā |
iyaṃ nṛpasya vaṃśaśrīrito na syātparāṅmukhī || 22 ||

'This being so, boldly put forth your efforts that the prosperity of the king's family may not be turned away from him.
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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 (4.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Sat, Sati, Vishrabdham, Vishrabdha, Prayata, Dhu, Tatha, Yatha, Iyam, Idam, Nripa, Vamsha, Shri, Rit, Rita, Syat, Sya, Paranmukhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.22). 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: “tadevaṃ sati viśrabdhaṃ prayatadhvaṃ tathā yathā ”
tade -
tadā (noun, feminine)

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

tada (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
vam -
va (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

va (noun, neuter)

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

vā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ve (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sati -
satī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

sat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
viśrabdham -
viśrabdham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viśrabdha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viśrabdha (noun, neuter)

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

viśrabdhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prayata -
prayata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prayata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhva -
dhu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

dhū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “iyaṃ nṛpasya vaṃśaśrīrito na syātparāṅmukhī ”
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
nṛpasya -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
vaṃśa -
vaṃśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śrīr -
śrī (noun, feminine)

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

śrī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
rito* -
rit (noun, masculine)

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

rit (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

rita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
parāṅmukhī -
parāṅmukhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]