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 8.9

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अथ ब्रुवन्तः समुपेतमन्यवो जनाः पथि च्छन्दकमागताश्रवः ।
क्व राजपुत्रः कुलराष्ट्रवर्धनो हृतस्त्वयासाविति पृष्ठतो ऽन्वयुः ॥ ९ ॥

atha bruvantaḥ samupetamanyavo janāḥ pathi cchandakamāgatāśravaḥ |
kva rājaputraḥ kularāṣṭravardhano hṛtastvayāsāviti pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ || 9 ||

Full of wrath, the people followed Chandaka in the road, crying behind him with tears, 'Where is the king's son, the glory of his race and kingdom? he has been stolen away by thee.'
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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 (8.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Samupeta, Ani, Anya, Ava, Avas, Jana, Pathin, Pathi, Ccha, Daka, Agata, Kva, Rajaputra, Kulara, Ashtra, Vardhana, Hrit, Hrita, Tva, Yushmad, Asi, Asu, Adah, Iti, Prishthatah, Anu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.9). 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: “atha bruvantaḥ samupetamanyavo janāḥ pathi cchandakamāgatāśravaḥ ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Cannot analyse bruvantaḥ*sa
samupetam -
samupeta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

samupeta (noun, neuter)

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

samupetā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anya -
ani (noun, masculine)

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

anī (noun, feminine)

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

anya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√an -> anya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √an]
avo* -
avas (noun, neuter)

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

ava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

u (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
janāḥ -
jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

janā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
pathi -
pathin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [locative single]

pathī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pathī (noun, feminine)

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

pathī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
cchan -
ccha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ccha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dakam -
daka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āgatā -
āgata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āgata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

āgatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√ag (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
aśravaḥ -
√śru (verb class 5)

[aorist active second single]
Line 2: “kva rājaputraḥ kularāṣṭravardhano hṛtastvayāsāviti pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ ”
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rājaputraḥ -
rājaputra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kularā -
kulara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kulara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kularā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āṣṭra -
āṣṭra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vardhano* -
vardhana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hṛtas -
hṛt (noun, masculine)

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

hṛt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√hṛ -> hṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
tvayā -
tvā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
asāvi -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
pṛṣṭhato' -
pṛṣṭhataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
anva -
anu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anu (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

anu (noun, masculine)

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

anu (noun, neuter)

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

anu (noun, feminine)

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

anu (Preverb)

[Preverb]
ayuḥ -
√yā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third plural]