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 6.45

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महत्या तृष्णया दुःखैर्गर्भेणास्मि यया धृतः ।
तस्या निष्फलयत्नायाः क्वाहं मातुः क्व सा मम ॥ ४५ ॥

mahatyā tṛṣṇayā duḥkhairgarbheṇāsmi yayā dhṛtaḥ |
tasyā niṣphalayatnāyāḥ kvāhaṃ mātuḥ kva sā mama || 45 ||

'She, my mother, by whom I was borne in the womb with great thirst and pains,—where am I now with regard to her, all her efforts fruitless, and where is she with regard to 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 (6.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahati, Trishna, Duhkha, Garbha, Dhrit, Dhrita, Nishphala, Yatna, Kva, Matri, Matu, 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 6.45). 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: “mahatyā tṛṣṇayā duḥkhairgarbheṇāsmi yayā dhṛtaḥ ”
mahatyā -
mahatī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
tṛṣṇayā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
duḥkhair -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
garbheṇā -
garbha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
yayā -
yā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
dhṛtaḥ -
dhṛt (noun, masculine)

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

dhṛt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

dhṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tasyā niṣphalayatnāyāḥ kvāhaṃ mātuḥ kva sā mama ”
tasyā* -
sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
niṣphala -
niṣphala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣphala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatnāyā -
yatna (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
kvā -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

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

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
āham -
āhan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
mātuḥ -
mātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

mātu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mātṛ (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sā* -
so (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
mama -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]