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 8.10

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ततः स तान् भक्तिमतो ऽब्रवीज्जनान्नरेन्द्रपुत्रं न परित्यजाम्यहम् ।
रुदन्नहं तेन तु निर्जने वने गृहस्थवेशश्च विसर्जिताविति ॥ १० ॥

tataḥ sa tān bhaktimato 'bravījjanānnarendraputraṃ na parityajāmyaham |
rudannahaṃ tena tu nirjane vane gṛhasthaveśaśca visarjitāviti || 10 ||

Then he said to those faithful ones, 'I have not left the king's son; but by him in the uninhabited forest I weeping and the dress of a householder were abandoned together.'
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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 (8.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Parityaj, Parityaja, Aha, Asmad, Rudat, Tena, Nirjana, Vana, Vani, Grihastha, Vesha, Veshas, Visarjita, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.10). 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: “tataḥ sa tān bhaktimato 'bravījjanānnarendraputraṃ na parityajāmyaham ”
tataḥ -
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]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tān -
ta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Cannot analyse bhaktimato'bravījjanānnarendraputram*na
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
parityajām -
parityaj (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

parityaj (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

parityajā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ya -
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]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “rudannahaṃ tena tu nirjane vane gṛhasthaveśaśca visarjitāviti ”
rudann -
√rud -> rudat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √rud class 2 verb], [vocative single from √rud class 2 verb]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
tena -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nirjane -
nirjana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nirjana (noun, neuter)

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

nirjanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vane -
vana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

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

vani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
gṛhastha -
gṛhastha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gṛhastha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
veśaś -
veśas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

veśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
visarjitāvi -
visarjita (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]