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 5.8

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मनसा च विविक्ततामभीप्सुः सुहृदस्ताननुयायिनो निवार्य ।
अभितारलचारुपर्णवत्या विजने मूलमुपेयिवान् स जम्ब्वाः ॥ ८ ॥

manasā ca viviktatāmabhīpsuḥ suhṛdastānanuyāyino nivārya |
abhitāralacāruparṇavatyā vijane mūlamupeyivān sa jambvāḥ || 8 ||

Then desiring to become perfectly lonely in his thoughts, having stopped those friends who were following him, he went to the root of a rose-apple in a solitary spot, which had its beautiful leaves all tremulous (in the wind).
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 (5.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Manasa, Manas, Viviktata, Abhipsu, Suhrid, Suhrida, Tana, Yayin, Yayi, Nivarya, Abhi, Tarala, Caru, Vijana, Mula, Upeyivas, Jambu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.8). 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: “manasā ca viviktatāmabhīpsuḥ suhṛdastānanuyāyino nivārya ”
manasā -
manasā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

manas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

manasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viviktatām -
viviktatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
abhīpsuḥ -
abhīpsu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

abhīpsu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
suhṛdas -
suhṛd (noun, feminine)

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

suhṛd (noun, masculine)

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

suhṛda (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yāyino* -
yāyin (noun, masculine)

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

yāyin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yāyī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
nivārya -
nivārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nivārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “abhitāralacāruparṇavatyā vijane mūlamupeyivān sa jambvāḥ ”
abhi -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tārala -
tārala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tārala (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

cāru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāru (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
parṇavatyā -
vijane -
vijana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vijana (noun, neuter)

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

vijanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
mūlam -
mūla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mūla (noun, neuter)

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

mūlā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
upeyivān -
upeyivas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jambvāḥ -
jambū (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]