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 4.66

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तद्ब्रवीमि सुहृद्भूत्वा तरुणस्य वपुष्मतः ।
इदं न प्रतिरूपं ते स्त्रीष्वदाक्षिण्यमीदृशम् ॥ ६६ ॥

tadbravīmi suhṛdbhūtvā taruṇasya vapuṣmataḥ |
idaṃ na pratirūpaṃ te strīṣvadākṣiṇyamīdṛśam || 66 ||

'Therefore I speak as thy friend,—such rudeness as this to women is not befitting for one young in years and graceful in person.
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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 (4.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Suhrid, Taruna, Vapushmat, Vapushmata, Idam, Pratirupa, Yushmad, Strishu, Stri, Adakshinya, Idrish, Idrisha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.66). 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: “tadbravīmi suhṛdbhūtvā taruṇasya vapuṣmataḥ ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bravīmi -
√brū (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
suhṛd -
suhṛd (noun, feminine)

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

suhṛd (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
bhūtvā -
√bhū -> bhūtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
taruṇasya -
taruṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

taruṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vapuṣmataḥ -
vapuṣmat (noun, masculine)

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

vapuṣmat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vapuṣmata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “idaṃ na pratirūpaṃ te strīṣvadākṣiṇyamīdṛśam ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pratirūpam -
pratirūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pratirūpa (noun, neuter)

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

pratirūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
strīṣva -
strīṣū (noun, feminine)

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

strī (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
adākṣiṇyam -
adākṣiṇya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
īdṛśam -
īdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

īdṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

īdṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

īdṛś (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

īdṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]