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 6.16

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तदेवमभिनिष्क्रान्तं न मां शोचितुमर्हसि ।
भूत्वापि हि चिरं श्लेषः कालेन न भविष्यति ॥ १६ ॥

tadevamabhiniṣkrāntaṃ na māṃ śocitumarhasi |
bhūtvāpi hi ciraṃ śleṣaḥ kālena na bhaviṣyati || 16 ||

'"Do not think of mourning for me who am thus gone forth from my home; union, however long it may last, in time will come to an end.
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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 (6.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Vama, Bha, Nishkranta, Asmad, Api, Ciram, Cira, Shlesha, Kalena, Kala, Bhavishyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.16). 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: “tadevamabhiniṣkrāntaṃ na māṃ śocitumarhasi ”
tade -
tadā (noun, feminine)

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

tada (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
vama -
vama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhi -
bhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
niṣkrāntam -
niṣkrānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niṣkrānta (noun, neuter)

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

niṣkrāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mām -
mā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
śocitum -
√śuc -> śocitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √śuc]

√śuc -> śocitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √śuc]

√śuc -> śocitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √śuc]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
Line 2: “bhūtvāpi hi ciraṃ śleṣaḥ kālena na bhaviṣyati ”
bhūtvā -
√bhū -> bhūtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ciram -
ciram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cira (noun, neuter)

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

cirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śleṣaḥ -
śleṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kālena -
kālena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaviṣyati -
bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[future active third single]