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 4.68

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संनतिस्चानुवृत्तिश्च स्त्रीणां हृदयबन्धनम् ।
स्नेहस्य हि गुणा योनिर्मानकामाश्च योषितः ॥ ६८ ॥

saṃnatiscānuvṛttiśca strīṇāṃ hṛdayabandhanam |
snehasya hi guṇā yonirmānakāmāśca yoṣitaḥ || 68 ||

'Reverential behaviour and compliance with her wishes are what binds a woman's heart; good qualities truly are a cause of love, and women love respect.
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 (4.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Stri, Hridayabandhana, Sneha, Guna, Yah, Nirmana, Kama, Yoshit,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.68). 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: “saṃnatiscānuvṛttiśca strīṇāṃ hṛdayabandhanam ”
Cannot analyse saṃnatiscānuvṛttiśca*st
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
hṛdayabandhanam -
hṛdayabandhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hṛdayabandhana (noun, neuter)

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

hṛdayabandhanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “snehasya hi guṇā yonirmānakāmāśca yoṣitaḥ ”
snehasya -
sneha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
guṇā* -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

guṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yo -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nirmāna -
nirmāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirmāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāmāś -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kāmā (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]
yoṣitaḥ -
yoṣit (noun, feminine)

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