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 4.67

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अनृतेनापि नारीणां युक्तं समनुवर्तनम् ।
तद्व्रीडापरिहारार्थमात्मरत्यर्थमेव च ॥ ६७ ॥

anṛtenāpi nārīṇāṃ yuktaṃ samanuvartanam |
tadvrīḍāparihārārthamātmaratyarthameva ca || 67 ||

'It is right to woo a woman even by guile,—this is useful both for getting rid of shame and for one's own enjoyment.
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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 (4.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anrita, Api, Nari, Yuktam, Yukta, Samat, Ritana, Tad, Tat, Vrida, Parihara, Artha, Atmarati, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.67). 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: “anṛtenāpi nārīṇāṃ yuktaṃ samanuvartanam ”
anṛtenā -
anṛta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

anṛta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
nārīṇām -
nāri (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

nārī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
yuktam -
yuktam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yukta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yukta (noun, neuter)

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

yuktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
saman -
√sam -> samat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sam class 1 verb]
uvar -
ū (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ū (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√u (verb class 1)

[perfect active first dual], [perfect active second plural]

√u (verb class 2)

[perfect active first dual], [perfect active second plural]

√u (verb class 5)

[perfect active first dual], [perfect active second plural]

√vā (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
ṛtanam -
ṛtana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ṛtana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “tadvrīḍāparihārārthamātmaratyarthameva ca ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vrīḍā -
vrīḍā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
parihārā -
parihāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ātmaratya -
ātmarati (noun, masculine)

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

ātmarati (noun, neuter)

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

ātmarati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]