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 8.57

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कुलेन सत्त्वेन बलेन वर्चसा श्रुतेन लक्ष्म्या वयसा च गर्वितः ।
प्रदातुमेवाभ्युदितो न याचितुं कथं स भिक्षां परतश्चरिष्यति ॥ ५७ ॥

kulena sattvena balena varcasā śrutena lakṣmyā vayasā ca garvitaḥ |
pradātumevābhyudito na yācituṃ kathaṃ sa bhikṣāṃ parataścariṣyati || 57 ||

'He who was proud of his family, goodness, strength, energy, sacred learning, beauty, and youth,—who was ever ready to give, not to ask,—how will he go about begging alms from others?
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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 (8.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kula, Sattva, Bala, Varcas, Shruta, Lakshmi, Vayas, Garvita, Prada, Uma, Iva, Abhyudita, Katham, Katha, Bhiksha, Paratah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.57). 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: “kulena sattvena balena varcasā śrutena lakṣmyā vayasā ca garvitaḥ ”
kulena -
kula (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kula (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
sattvena -
sattva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sattva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
balena -
bala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
varcasā -
varcas (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

varcas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śrutena -
śruta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śruta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √śru class 5 verb]

√śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √śru class 5 verb]
lakṣmyā* -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vayasā -
vayas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “pradātumevābhyudito na yācituṃ kathaṃ sa bhikṣāṃ parataścariṣyati ”
pradāt -
prada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

prada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ume -
uma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

umā (noun, feminine)

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

√u (verb class 1)

[perfect active first plural]

√u (verb class 2)

[perfect active first plural]

√u (verb class 5)

[perfect active first plural]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
abhyudito* -
abhyudita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yācitum -
√yāc -> yācitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √yāc]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhikṣām -
bhikṣā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
parataś -
parataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cariṣyati -
√car (verb class 1)

[future active third single]