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 8.15

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प्रविष्टदीक्षस्तु सुतोपलब्धये व्रतेन शोकेन च खिन्नमानसः ।
जजाप देवायतने नराधिपश्चकार तास्ताश्च यथाश्रयाः क्रियाः ॥ १५ ॥

praviṣṭadīkṣastu sutopalabdhaye vratena śokena ca khinnamānasaḥ |
jajāpa devāyatane narādhipaścakāra tāstāśca yathāśrayāḥ kriyāḥ || 15 ||

But the king, having undertaken religious observances for the recovery of his son, with his mind distressed by the vow and the sorrow, was muttering prayers in the temple, and performing such rites as suited the occasion.
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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 (8.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pravishtadiksha, Sut, Suta, Upalabdhi, Vrata, Shoka, Khinnamanasa, Devayatana, Naradhipa, Cakara, Tas, Yathashraya, Kriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.15). 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: “praviṣṭadīkṣastu sutopalabdhaye vratena śokena ca khinnamānasaḥ ”
praviṣṭadīkṣas -
praviṣṭadīkṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
suto -
suta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

suta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sut (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sut (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sutā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> sutā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> sutā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> sutā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
upalabdhaye -
upalabdhi (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
vratena -
vrata (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vrata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śokena -
śoka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śoka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
khinnamānasaḥ -
khinnamānasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jajāpa devāyatane narādhipaścakāra tāstāśca yathāśrayāḥ kriyāḥ ”
jajāpa -
√jap (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
devāyatane -
devāyatana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
narādhipaś -
narādhipa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
tās -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
tāś -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yathāśrayāḥ -
yathāśraya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

yathāśrayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kriyāḥ -
kriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[benedictive active second single]