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 7.52

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धीमन्नुदारः खलु निश्चयस्ते यस्त्वं युवा जन्मनि दृष्टदोषः ।
स्वर्गापवर्गौ हि विचार्य सम्यग्यस्यापवर्गे मतिरस्ति सो ऽस्ति ॥ ५२ ॥

dhīmannudāraḥ khalu niścayaste yastvaṃ yuvā janmani dṛṣṭadoṣaḥ |
svargāpavargau hi vicārya samyagyasyāpavarge matirasti so 'sti || 52 ||

'O sage, brave indeed is thy purpose, who, young as thou art, hast seen the evils of birth; he who, having pondered thoroughly heaven and liberation, makes up his mind for liberation,—he is indeed brave!
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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 (7.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhimat, Udara, Khalu, Nishcaya, Tad, Yushmad, Yah, Tva, Yuva, Janman, Drishtadosha, Svargapavarga, Vicarya, Samyak, Yasya, Yat, Apavarga, Mati, Asti, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 7.52). 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: “dhīmannudāraḥ khalu niścayaste yastvaṃ yuvā janmani dṛṣṭadoṣaḥ ”
dhīmann -
dhīmat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
udāraḥ -
udāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
khalu -
khalu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

khalu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

khalu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

khalu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
niścayas -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
yas -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
yuvā* -
yū (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yuvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
janmani -
janman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
dṛṣṭadoṣaḥ -
dṛṣṭadoṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “svargāpavargau hi vicārya samyagyasyāpavarge matirasti so 'sti ”
svargāpavargau -
svargāpavarga (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vicārya -
vicārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vicārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
samyag -
samyak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yasyā -
yasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yas -> yasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yas]

yasyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
apavarge -
apavarga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
matir -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]