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 5.17

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नरदेवसुतस्तमभ्यपृच्छद्वद को ऽसीति शशंस सो ऽथ तस्मै ।
स च पुङ्गव जन्ममृत्युभीतः श्रमणः प्रव्रजितो ऽस्मि मोक्षहेतोः ॥ १७ ॥

naradevasutastamabhyapṛcchadvada ko 'sīti śaśaṃsa so 'tha tasmai |
sa ca puṅgava janmamṛtyubhītaḥ śramaṇaḥ pravrajito 'smi mokṣahetoḥ || 17 ||

The king's son asked him a question,—he said to him, 'Tell me, who art thou?' and the other replied, 'Oh bull of men, I, being terrified at birth and death, have become an ascetic for the sake of liberation.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Naradeva, Sut, Suta, Tama, Bha, Vada, Kah, Asi, Iti, Sah, Atha, Tad, Pungava, Bhita, Shramana, Pravrajita, Mokshahetu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.17). 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: “naradevasutastamabhyapṛcchadvada ko 'sīti śaśaṃsa so 'tha tasmai ”
naradeva -
naradeva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sutas -
sut (noun, masculine)

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

sut (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

suta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
tama -
tama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhya -
bhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
apṛcchad -
√praś (verb class 6)

[imperfect active third single]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ko' -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asī -
asi (noun, feminine)

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

asi (noun, masculine)

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

asī (noun, feminine)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
śaśaṃsa -
√śaṃs (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tasmai -
tad (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
Line 2: “sa ca puṅgava janmamṛtyubhītaḥ śramaṇaḥ pravrajito 'smi mokṣahetoḥ ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

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

[compound], [adverb]
bhītaḥ -
bhīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śramaṇaḥ -
śramaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pravrajito' -
pravrajita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
mokṣahetoḥ -
mokṣahetu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]