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 6.47

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समेत्य च यथा भूयो व्यपयान्ति वलाहकाः ।
संयोगो विप्रयोगश्च तथा मे प्राणिनां मतः ॥ ४७ ॥

sametya ca yathā bhūyo vyapayānti valāhakāḥ |
saṃyogo viprayogaśca tathā me prāṇināṃ mataḥ || 47 ||

'As clouds, having come together, depart asunder again, such I consider the meeting and parting of living things.
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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 (6.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Anti, Valahaka, Samyoga, Viprayoga, Tatha, Asmad, Pranin, Mata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.47). 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: “sametya ca yathā bhūyo vyapayānti valāhakāḥ ”
samet -
√sam (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
ya -
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhūyo* -
bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhūyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vyapayā -
√vyap (verb class 10)

[imperative active second single]
anti -
anti (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

antī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
valāhakāḥ -
valāhaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “saṃyogo viprayogaśca tathā me prāṇināṃ mataḥ ”
saṃyogo* -
saṃyoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viprayogaś -
viprayoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
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]
prāṇinām -
prāṇin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

prāṇin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
mataḥ -
mata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√man -> mata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb]