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 6.21

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यदपि स्यादसमये यातो वनमसाविति ।
अकालो नास्ति धर्मस्य जीविते चञ्चले सति ॥ २१ ॥

yadapi syādasamaye yāto vanamasāviti |
akālo nāsti dharmasya jīvite cañcale sati || 21 ||

'"Even though thou sayest, 'He is gone at a wrong time to the wood,'—there is no wrong time for religious duty (dharma), life being fragile as it is.
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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 (6.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yat, Yad, Api, Syat, Sya, Asamaya, Yata, Yatri, Vana, Asi, Asu, Adah, Iti, Akala, Nasti, Dharma, Jivita, Cancala, Sat, Sati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.21). 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: “yadapi syādasamaye yāto vanamasāviti ”
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]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
asamaye -
asamaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√sam (verb class 10)

[imperfect middle first single]
yāto* -
yāt (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√yā -> yāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yā class 2 verb]

yātṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yātṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
vanam -
vana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
asāvi -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
Line 2: “akālo nāsti dharmasya jīvite cañcale sati ”
akālo* -
akāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dharmasya -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
jīvite -
jīvita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jīvita (noun, neuter)

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

jīvitā (noun, feminine)

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

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jīv class 1 verb]
cañcale -
cañcala (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

cañcala (noun, neuter)

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

cañcalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sati -
satī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

sat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]