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 4.91

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माहात्म्यं न च तन्मन्ये यत्र सामान्यतः क्षयः ।
विषयेषु प्रसक्तिर्वा युक्तिर्वा नात्मवत्तया ॥ ९१ ॥

māhātmyaṃ na ca tanmanye yatra sāmānyataḥ kṣayaḥ |
viṣayeṣu prasaktirvā yuktirvā nātmavattayā || 91 ||

'Real greatness is not to be found there, where there is universally destruction, or where there is attachment to earthly objects, or a want of self-control.
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 (4.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahatmya, Yatra, Samanyatah, Kshaya, Kshi, Vishaya, Prasakti, Var, Yukti, Mavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.91). 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: “māhātmyaṃ na ca tanmanye yatra sāmānyataḥ kṣayaḥ ”
māhātmyam -
māhātmya (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tanmanye -
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāmānyataḥ -
sāmānyataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kṣayaḥ -
kṣaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kṣi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “viṣayeṣu prasaktirvā yuktirvā nātmavattayā ”
viṣayeṣu -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
prasaktir -
prasakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yuktir -
yukti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nāt -
na (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mavat -
√mav -> mavat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mav class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mav class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mav class 1 verb]

√mū -> mavat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mū class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mū class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mū class 1 verb]
tayā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]