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 8.76

तदद्य मां वा नय तत्र यत्र स व्रज द्रुतं वा पुनरेनमानय ।
ऋते हि तस्मान्मम नास्ति जीवितं विगाढरोगस्य सदौषधादिव ॥ ७६ ॥

tadadya māṃ vā naya tatra yatra sa vraja drutaṃ vā punarenamānaya |
ṛte hi tasmānmama nāsti jīvitaṃ vigāḍharogasya sadauṣadhādiva || 76 ||

'Therefore either lead me to-day where he is, or go quickly and bring him back again; without him there is no life left to me, as to one plunged in sickness without the true medicine.

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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 (8.76). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Asmad, Var, Naya, Tatra, Yatra, Vraja, Drutam, Druta, Punar, Rite, Rita, Riti, Tasmat, Tad, Nasti, Jivita, Vigadha, Roga, Sada, Sad, Sadi, Aushadha, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.76). 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: “tadadya māṃ naya tatra yatra sa vraja drutaṃ punarenamānaya
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dya -
  • (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • mām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • naya -
  • naya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    naya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nay (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vraja -
  • vraja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vraja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vraj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • drutam -
  • drutam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    druta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    druta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    drutā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • punar -
  • punar (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    punar (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ena -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • mānaya -
  • mān (verb class 10)
    [imperative active second single]
    man (verb class 0)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “ṛte hi tasmānmama nāsti jīvitaṃ vigāḍharogasya sadauṣadhādiva
  • ṛte -
  • ṛte (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ṛte (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ṛta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ṛti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ṛti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tasmān -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • mama -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • jīvitam -
  • jīvita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jīvita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīvitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
  • vigāḍha -
  • vigāḍha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vigāḍha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rogasya -
  • roga (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • sadau -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sadi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sad (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • auṣadhād -
  • auṣadha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    auṣadha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 8.76

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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