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 5.9

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निषसाद च पत्रखोरवत्यां भुवि वैदूर्यनिकाशशाद्वलायाम् ।
जगतः प्रभवव्ययौ विचिन्त्य मनसश्च स्थितिमार्गमाललम्बे ॥ ९ ॥

niṣasāda ca patrakhoravatyāṃ bhuvi vaidūryanikāśaśādvalāyām |
jagataḥ prabhavavyayau vicintya manasaśca sthitimārgamālalambe || 9 ||

There he sat down on the ground covered with leaves, and with its young grass bright like lapis lazuli; and, meditating on the origin and destruction of the world, he laid hold of the path that leads to firmness of mind.
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 (5.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nisha, Sada, Patra, Khora, Vati, Bhu, Vaidurya, Nikasha, Shadvala, Jagat, Prabhava, Prabhavan, Vyaya, Vicintya, Manas, Manasa, Sthiti, Arga, Ala, Lamba,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.9). 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: “niṣasāda ca patrakhoravatyāṃ bhuvi vaidūryanikāśaśādvalāyām ”
niṣa -
niṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāda -
sāda (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
patra -
patra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

patra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
khora -
khora (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

khora (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√khor (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vatyām -
vati (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

vatī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
bhuvi -
bhū (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhū (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
vaidūrya -
vaidūrya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vaidūrya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nikāśa -
nikāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nikāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śādvalāyām -
śādvalā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “jagataḥ prabhavavyayau vicintya manasaśca sthitimārgamālalambe ”
jagataḥ -
jagat (noun, masculine)

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

jagat (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

prabhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prabhavan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

prabhavan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vyayau -
vyaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vicintya -
vicintya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vicintya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
manasaś -
manas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sthitim -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ā -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
argam -
arga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
āla -
āla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√al (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
lambe -
lamba (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

lamba (noun, neuter)

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

lambā (noun, feminine)

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

√lamb (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]