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 4.74

औतथ्यस्य च भार्यायां ममतायां महातपाः ।
मारुत्यां जनयामास भरद्वाजं वृहस्पतिः ॥ ७४ ॥

autathyasya ca bhāryāyāṃ mamatāyāṃ mahātapāḥ |
mārutyāṃ janayāmāsa bharadvājaṃ vṛhaspatiḥ || 74 ||

'The great ascetic Vrihaspati begot Bharadvaja on Mamata the daughter of the Maruts, the wife of Autathya.

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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 (4.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Autathya, Bharya, Mamata, Mahatapa, Mahatapas, Maruti, Bharadvaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.74). 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: “autathyasya ca bhāryāyāṃ mamatāyāṃ mahātapāḥ
  • autathyasya -
  • autathya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāryāyām -
  • bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [locative single from √bhṛ]
  • mamatāyām -
  • mamatā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • mahātapāḥ -
  • mahātapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mahātapā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    mahātapas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “mārutyāṃ janayāmāsa bharadvājaṃ vṛhaspatiḥ
  • mārutyām -
  • mārutī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • janayāmā -
  • jan (verb class 10)
    [imperative active first plural]
    jan (verb class 0)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • asa -
  • asan (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
  • bharadvājam -
  • bharadvāja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse vṛhaspatiḥ

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 4.74

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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