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 5.2

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अथ मन्त्रिसुतैः क्षमैः कदाचित्सखिभिश्चित्रकथैः कृतानुयात्रः ।
वनभूमिदिदृक्षया शमेप्सुर्नरदेवानुमतो वहिः प्रतस्थे ॥ २ ॥

atha mantrisutaiḥ kṣamaiḥ kadācitsakhibhiścitrakathaiḥ kṛtānuyātraḥ |
vanabhūmididṛkṣayā śamepsurnaradevānumato vahiḥ pratasthe || 2 ||

Then one day accompanied by some worthy sons of his father's ministers, friends full of varied converse,—with a desire to see the glades of the forest and longing for peace, he went out with the king's permission.
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 (5.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Mantrisuta, Kshama, Kadacit, Sakhi, Citrakatha, Kritanuyatra, Didriksha, Shamepsu, Naradeva, Uma, Tas, Vahi, Prata, Tha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.2). 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: “atha mantrisutaiḥ kṣamaiḥ kadācitsakhibhiścitrakathaiḥ kṛtānuyātraḥ ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mantrisutaiḥ -
mantrisuta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
kṣamaiḥ -
kṣama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

kṣama (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kadācit -
kadācit (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]
sakhibhiś -
sakhi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
citrakathaiḥ -
citrakatha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

citrakatha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kṛtānuyātraḥ -
kṛtānuyātra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vanabhūmididṛkṣayā śamepsurnaradevānumato vahiḥ pratasthe ”
vanabhūmi -
vanabhūmi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
didṛkṣayā -
didṛkṣā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
śamepsur -
śamepsu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śamepsu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
naradevān -
naradeva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
uma -
uma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√u (verb class 1)

[perfect active first plural]

√u (verb class 2)

[perfect active first plural]

√u (verb class 5)

[perfect active first plural]
to* -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vahiḥ -
vahi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pratas -
prata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
the -
tha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]