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 5.40

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सचिवैस्तु निदर्शितो यथावद्बहुमानात् प्रणयाच्च शास्त्रपूर्वम् ।
गुरुणा च निवारितो ऽश्रुपातैः प्रविवेशावसथं ततः स शोचन् ॥ ४० ॥

sacivaistu nidarśito yathāvadbahumānāt praṇayācca śāstrapūrvam |
guruṇā ca nivārito 'śrupātaiḥ praviveśāvasathaṃ tataḥ sa śocan || 40 ||

Then having been duly instructed by the counsellors, with all respect and affection, according to the shastras, and being thus forbidden with tears by his father, the prince, sorrowing, entered into his palace.
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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 (5.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Saciva, Nidarshita, Yathavat, Bahumana, Pranayat, Pranaya, Shastra, Apurva, Guru, Nivarita, Ashrupata, Pra, Avasatha, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Shocat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.40). 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: “sacivaistu nidarśito yathāvadbahumānāt praṇayācca śāstrapūrvam ”
sacivais -
saciva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nidarśito* -
nidarśita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathāvad -
yathāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bahumānāt -
bahumāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bahumāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
praṇayāc -
praṇayāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

praṇaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śāstra -
śāstṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śāstra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
apūrvam -
apūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apūrva (noun, neuter)

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

apūrvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “guruṇā ca nivārito 'śrupātaiḥ praviveśāvasathaṃ tataḥ sa śocan ”
guruṇā -
guru (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

guru (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

gurū (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nivārito' -
nivārita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aśrupātaiḥ -
aśrupāta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
viveśā -
√viś (verb class 6)

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

√viś (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
avasatham -
avasatha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

avasatha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tataḥ -
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]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śocan -
√śuc -> śocat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śuc class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śuc class 1 verb]