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 4.88

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यदा तु जरया पीतं रूपमासां भविष्यति ।
आत्मनो ऽप्यनभिप्रेतं मोहात्तत्र रतिर्भवेत् ॥ ८८ ॥

yadā tu jarayā pītaṃ rūpamāsāṃ bhaviṣyati |
ātmano 'pyanabhipretaṃ mohāttatra ratirbhavet || 88 ||

'But since their beauty will be drunk up by old age, to delight therein through infatuation cannot be a thing approved even by thyself.
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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 (4.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yada, Yad, Jara, Pita, Rupa, Iyam, Idam, Bhavishyat, Atman, Api, Apya, Anabhipreta, Mohat, Moha, Tatra, Rati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.88). 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: “yadā tu jarayā pītaṃ rūpamāsāṃ bhaviṣyati ”
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
jarayā -
jarā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
pītam -
pīta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pīta (noun, neuter)

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

pītā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√pā -> pīta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pīta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pīta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pā class 3 verb]

√pā -> pīta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 3 verb]

√pai -> pīta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pai class 1 verb]

√pai -> pīta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pai class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pai class 1 verb]

√pi -> pīta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 3 verb]

√pi -> pīta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pi class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 2 verb], [nominative single from √pi class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 3 verb]

√pī -> pīta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pī class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 4 verb]

√pī -> pīta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pī class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pī class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 2 verb], [nominative single from √pī class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 3 verb], [nominative single from √pī class 4 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 4 verb]

√pī (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
rūpam -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

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

rūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āsām -
√ās -> āsām (periphrastic_perfect)

[periphrastic_perfect from √ās]

iyam (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
bhaviṣyati -
bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[future active third single]
Line 2: “ātmano 'pyanabhipretaṃ mohāttatra ratirbhavet ”
ātmano' -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
anabhipretam -
anabhipreta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
mohāt -
mohāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

moha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ratir -
rati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]