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 7.45

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ऋज्वात्मनां धर्मभृतां मुनीनामिष्टातिथित्वात्स्वजनोपमानम् ।
एवंविधैर्मां प्रति भावजातैः प्रीतिः परात्मा जनितश्च मार्गः ॥ ४५ ॥

ṛjvātmanāṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ munīnāmiṣṭātithitvātsvajanopamānam |
evaṃvidhairmāṃ prati bhāvajātaiḥ prītiḥ parātmā janitaśca mārgaḥ || 45 ||

'The upright-souled saints, the upholders of religion, become the very ideal of our own kindred through their delight in showing hospitality; by all these kind feelings of thine towards me affection is produced in me and the path which regards the self as supreme is revealed.
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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 (7.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Riju, Atman, Dharmabhrit, Muni, Ishta, Atithitva, Svajana, Upamana, Evamvidha, Asmad, Prati, Bhavaja, Priti, Paratman, Janitri, Janita, Marga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 7.45). 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: “ṛjvātmanāṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ munīnāmiṣṭātithitvātsvajanopamānam ”
ṛjvā -
ṛju (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ṛju (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ṛju (noun, masculine)

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

ṛju (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ātmanām -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
dharmabhṛtām -
dharmabhṛt (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
munīnām -
muni (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

muni (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

munī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
iṣṭā -
iṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

iṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

iṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ -> iṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
atithitvāt -
atithitva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
svajano -
svajana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
upamānam -
upamāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “evaṃvidhairmāṃ prati bhāvajātaiḥ prītiḥ parātmā janitaśca mārgaḥ ”
evaṃvidhair -
evaṃvidha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

evaṃvidha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
mām -
mā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhāvajāt -
bhāvaja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
aiḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
prītiḥ -
prīti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
parātmā -
parātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
janitaś -
janitṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

janita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jan -> janita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jan class 10 verb], [nominative single from √jan]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mārgaḥ -
mārga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]