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 5.22

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तत इन्द्रसमो जितेन्द्रियश्च प्रविविक्षुः परमाश्वमारुरोह ।
परिवर्त्य जनं त्ववेक्षमाणस्तत एवाभिमतं वनं न भेजे ॥ २२ ॥

tata indrasamo jitendriyaśca pravivikṣuḥ paramāśvamāruroha |
parivartya janaṃ tvavekṣamāṇastata evābhimataṃ vanaṃ na bheje || 22 ||

Then like Indra himself, and having tamed his senses,—desiring to return home he mounted his roble steed; and having made him turn back as he looked for his friends, from that moment he sought no more the desired forest.
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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 (5.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Indra, Sama, Jitendriya, Pravivikshu, Paramashva, Aru, Oha, Jana, Tva, Eva, Abhimata, Vana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.22). 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: “tata indrasamo jitendriyaśca pravivikṣuḥ paramāśvamāruroha ”
tata* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
indra -
indra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
samo* -
sama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jitendriyaś -
jitendriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pravivikṣuḥ -
pravivikṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pravivikṣu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
paramāśvam -
paramāśva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paramāśva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ārur -
āru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

āru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ār (verb class 4)

[perfect active third plural]
oha -
oha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

oha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√uh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “parivartya janaṃ tvavekṣamāṇastata evābhimataṃ vanaṃ na bheje ”
parivartya -
janam -
jana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jana (noun, neuter)

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

janā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
avekṣam -
avekṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āṇas -
√aṇ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
tata* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhimatam -
abhimata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

abhimata (noun, neuter)

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

abhimatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vanam -
vana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bheje -
√bhaj (verb class 1)

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