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 4.58

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अनभिज्ञाश्च सुव्यक्तं मृत्योः सर्वापहारिणः ।
तथा स्वस्था निरुद्वेगाः क्रीडन्ति च हसन्ति च ॥ ५८ ॥

anabhijñāśca suvyaktaṃ mṛtyoḥ sarvāpahāriṇaḥ |
tathā svasthā nirudvegāḥ krīḍanti ca hasanti ca || 58 ||

'Evidently they know nothing of death which carries all away; and so at ease and without distress they can sport and laugh.
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 (4.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anabhijna, Suvyakta, Mriti, Mrityu, Saru, Sarva, Apaharin, Apahari, Tatha, Svastha, Nirudvega, Kridat, Kridanti, Hasanti, Hasat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.58). 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: “anabhijñāśca suvyaktaṃ mṛtyoḥ sarvāpahāriṇaḥ ”
anabhijñāś -
anabhijña (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

anabhijñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
suvyaktam -
suvyakta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

suvyakta (noun, neuter)

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

suvyaktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mṛtyoḥ -
mṛti (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
sarvā -
sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saru (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apahāriṇaḥ -
apahārin (noun, masculine)

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

apahārin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

apahārī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “tathā svasthā nirudvegāḥ krīḍanti ca hasanti ca ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
svasthā* -
svastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

svasthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nirudvegāḥ -
nirudvega (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nirudvegā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
krīḍanti -
krīḍantī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

krīḍantī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

krīḍantī (noun, neuter)

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

krīḍat (noun, neuter)

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

√krīḍ -> krīḍat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √krīḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √krīḍ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √krīḍ class 1 verb]

√krīḍ -> krīḍantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √krīḍ class 1 verb]

√krīḍ (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hasanti -
hasantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

hasat (noun, neuter)

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

√has -> hasat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √has class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √has class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √has class 1 verb]

√has -> hasantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √has class 1 verb]

√has (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]