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 5.71

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प्रतिगृह्य ततः स भर्तुराज्ञां विदितार्थो ऽपि नरेन्द्रशासनस्य ।
मनसीव परेण चोद्यमानस्तुरगस्यानयने मतिं चकार ॥ ७१ ॥

pratigṛhya tataḥ sa bharturājñāṃ viditārtho 'pi narendraśāsanasya |
manasīva pareṇa codyamānasturagasyānayane matiṃ cakāra || 71 ||

Then, accepting his lord's command, though he knew the purport of the king's injunctions, as being urged by a higher power in his mind, he set himself to bring the horse.
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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 (5.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratigrihya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Bhartri, Ajna, Vidita, Artha, Api, Narendra, Shasana, Manas, Manasin, Iva, Parena, Para, Codyamana, Turaga, Anayana, 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 5.71). 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: “pratigṛhya tataḥ sa bharturājñāṃ viditārtho 'pi narendraśāsanasya ”
pratigṛhya -
pratigṛhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratigṛhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative 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]
bhartur -
bhartṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ājñām -
ājñā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
viditā -
vidita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vidita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

viditā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vid -> vidita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> viditā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb]
artho' -
artha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
narendra -
narendra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śāsanasya -
śāsana (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

śāsana (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
Line 2: “manasīva pareṇa codyamānasturagasyānayane matiṃ cakāra ”
manasī -
manasin (noun, masculine)

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

manasin (noun, neuter)

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

manas (noun, neuter)

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

√mnā (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pareṇa -
pareṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

para (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
codyamānas -
√cud -> codyamāna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √cud]
turagasyā -
turaga (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
ānayane -
ānayana (noun, neuter)

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