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 5.25

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अथ घोषमिमं महाभ्रघोषः परिशुश्राव शमं परं च लेभे ।
श्रुतवांश्च हि निर्वृतेति शब्दं परिनिर्वाणविधौ मतिं चकार ॥ २५ ॥

atha ghoṣamimaṃ mahābhraghoṣaḥ pariśuśrāva śamaṃ paraṃ ca lebhe |
śrutavāṃśca hi nirvṛteti śabdaṃ parinirvāṇavidhau matiṃ cakāra || 25 ||

He whose voice was deep-sounding like a cloud heard this address and was filled with profound calm; and as he heard the word 'blessed' he fixed his mind on the attainment of Nirvana.
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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 (5.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Ghosha, Idam, Mahabhraghosha, Pari, Shama, Param, Para, Shrutavat, Nirvrita, Nirvriti, Iti, Shabda, Parinirvana, Vidh, Vidha, Vidhi, Vidhu, Mati, Cakara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.25). 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: “atha ghoṣamimaṃ mahābhraghoṣaḥ pariśuśrāva śamaṃ paraṃ ca lebhe ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ghoṣam -
ghoṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ghoṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
mahābhraghoṣaḥ -
mahābhraghoṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pari -
pari (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

pari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pari (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, neuter)

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

parī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

parī (noun, feminine)

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

parī (noun, neuter)

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

pari (Preverb)

[Preverb]
śuśrāva -
√śru (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
śamam -
śama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śama (noun, neuter)

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

śamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lebhe -
√labh (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
Line 2: “śrutavāṃśca hi nirvṛteti śabdaṃ parinirvāṇavidhau matiṃ cakāra ”
śrutavāṃś -
śrutavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śru -> śrutavat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nirvṛte -
nirvṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

nirvṛta (noun, neuter)

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

nirvṛtā (noun, feminine)

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

nirvṛti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

nirvṛti (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
śabdam -
śabda (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

parinirvāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidhau -
vidh (noun, masculine)

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

vidha (noun, masculine)

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

vidhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
matim -
mati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
cakāra -
cakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

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

√kṛ (verb class 2)

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

√kṛ (verb class 5)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

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

√kṛ (verb class 3)

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

√kṛ (verb class 6)

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

√kṝ (verb class 5)

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

√kṝ (verb class 9)

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