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 7.50

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ततो वचः सूनृतमर्थवच्च सुश्लक्ष्णमोजस्वि च गर्वितं च ।
श्रुत्वा कुमारस्य तपस्विनस्ते विशेषयुक्तं बहुमानमीयुः ॥ ५० ॥

tato vacaḥ sūnṛtamarthavacca suślakṣṇamojasvi ca garvitaṃ ca |
śrutvā kumārasya tapasvinaste viśeṣayuktaṃ bahumānamīyuḥ || 50 ||

Then having heard the prince's discourse, gracious and of deep meaning, gentle, strong, and full of dignity, the ascetics paid him especial honour.
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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 (7.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vaca, Vacas, Sunrita, Arthavat, Sushlakshna, Ojasvin, Garvita, Kumara, Tapasvin, Tapasvi, Yushmad, Vishesha, Yuktam, Yukta, Bahumana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 7.50). 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: “tato vacaḥ sūnṛtamarthavacca suślakṣṇamojasvi ca garvitaṃ ca ”
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
vacaḥ -
vacas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vacas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vaca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sūnṛtam -
sūnṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sūnṛta (noun, neuter)

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

sūnṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
arthavac -
arthavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

arthavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
suślakṣṇam -
suślakṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

suślakṣṇa (noun, neuter)

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

suślakṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ojasvi -
ojasvin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ojasvin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
garvitam -
garvita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

garvita (noun, neuter)

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

garvitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “śrutvā kumārasya tapasvinaste viśeṣayuktaṃ bahumānamīyuḥ ”
śrutvā -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
kumārasya -
kumāra (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kumāra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tapasvinas -
tapasvin (noun, masculine)

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

tapasvin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

tapasvī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
viśeṣa -
viśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśeṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yuktam -
yuktam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yukta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yukta (noun, neuter)

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

yuktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
bahumānam -
bahumāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bahumāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ī -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
iyuḥ -
√i (verb class 2)

[optative active third plural], [perfect active third plural]