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 6.41

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सानुक्रोशस्य सततं नित्यं करुणवेदिनः ।
स्निग्धत्यागो न सदृशो निवर्तस्व प्रसीद मे ॥ ४१ ॥

sānukrośasya satataṃ nityaṃ karuṇavedinaḥ |
snigdhatyāgo na sadṛśo nivartasva prasīda me || 41 ||

'Him who is always compassionate and who never fails to feel pity, it ill befits to abandon one who loves;—turn back and have mercy on me.'
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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 (6.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sanukrosha, Satatam, Satata, Nityam, Nitya, Karunavedin, Snigdhatyaga, Sadrish, Sadrisha, Nivarta, Sva, Svan, Pra, Sida, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.41). 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: “sānukrośasya satataṃ nityaṃ karuṇavedinaḥ ”
sānukrośasya -
sānukrośa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sānukrośa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
satatam -
satatam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

satata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

satata (noun, neuter)

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

satatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
karuṇavedinaḥ -
karuṇavedin (noun, masculine)

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

karuṇavedin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “snigdhatyāgo na sadṛśo nivartasva prasīda me ”
snigdhatyāgo* -
snigdhatyāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sadṛśo* -
sadṛś (noun, masculine)

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

sadṛś (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sadṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nivarta -
nivarta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nivarta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sva -
sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

svan (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
sīda -
sīda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sīda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]