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 6.2

सुप्तविश्वस्तहरिणं स्वस्थस्थितविहङ्गमम् ।
विश्रान्त इव यद्दृष्टा कृतार्थ इव चाभवत् ॥ २ ॥

suptaviśvastahariṇaṃ svasthasthitavihaṅgamam |
viśrānta iva yaddṛṣṭā kṛtārtha iva cābhavat || 2 ||

Its deer all asleep in quiet trust, its birds tranquilly resting,—seeing it he too became restful, and he felt as if his end was attained.

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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 (6.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Supta, Vishvasta, Harina, Harin, Svastha, Sthita, Vihangama, Vishranta, Iva, Yat, Yad, Drishta, Kritartha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.2). 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: “suptaviśvastahariṇaṃ svasthasthitavihaṅgamam
  • supta -
  • supta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    supta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svap -> supta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √svap class 2 verb]
    svap -> supta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √svap class 2 verb]
  • viśvasta -
  • viśvasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśvasta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hariṇam -
  • hariṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hariṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    harin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • svastha -
  • svastha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svastha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sthita -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • vihaṅgamam -
  • vihaṅgama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vihaṅgama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vihaṅgamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “viśrānta iva yaddṛṣṭā kṛtārtha iva cābhavat
  • viśrānta* -
  • viśrānta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yad -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭā -
  • dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
  • kṛtārtha* -
  • kṛtārtha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhavat -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 6.2

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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