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 5.15

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न जहर्ष न चापि चानुतेपे विचिकित्सां न ययौ न तन्द्रिनिद्रे ।
न च कामगुणेषु संररञ्जे न च दिद्वेष परं न चावमेने ॥ १५ ॥

na jaharṣa na cāpi cānutepe vicikitsāṃ na yayau na tandrinidre |
na ca kāmaguṇeṣu saṃrarañje na ca didveṣa paraṃ na cāvamene || 15 ||

He did not rejoice, he did not feel remorse; he suffered no hesitation, indolence, nor sleep; he felt no drawing towards the qualities of desire; he hated not nor scorned another.
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 (5.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Capin, Capi, Uta, Vicikitsa, Yayi, Yayu, Tandri, Tandrin, Nidra, Kamaguna, Param, Para, Amena, Ameni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.15). 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: “na jaharṣa na cāpi cānutepe vicikitsāṃ na yayau na tandrinidre ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jaharṣa -
√hṛṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√hṛṣ (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cāpi -
cāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpin (noun, neuter)

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

cāpī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

cāpī (noun, neuter)

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

cāpi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
cān -
ca (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ute -
uta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

uta (noun, neuter)

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

utā (noun, feminine)

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

√vā -> uta (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vā class 1 verb]

√vā -> uta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vā class 1 verb], [locative single from √vā class 1 verb]

√vā -> utā (participle, feminine)

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

√u (verb class 2)

[present middle third single]
pe -
pa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
vicikitsām -
vicikitsā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yayau -
yayi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yayi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

yayu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yayu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

tandrī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

tandrin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

tandrin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
nidre -
nidrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “na ca kāmaguṇeṣu saṃrarañje na ca didveṣa paraṃ na cāvamene ”
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]
kāmaguṇeṣu -
kāmaguṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
saṃ -
sa (noun, neuter)

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

sam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
rarañje -
√rañj (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√rañj (verb class 4)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third 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]
didveṣa -
√dviṣ (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cāva -
ca (noun, masculine)

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

[locative single]

ameni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ameni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]