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 8.82

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श्रुतविनयगुणान्वितस्ततस्तं मतिसचिवः प्रवयाः पुरोहितश्च ।
अवधृतमिदमूचतुर्यथावन्न च परितप्तमुखौ न चाप्यशोकौ ॥ ८२ ॥

śrutavinayaguṇānvitastatastaṃ matisacivaḥ pravayāḥ purohitaśca |
avadhṛtamidamūcaturyathāvanna ca paritaptamukhau na cāpyaśokau || 82 ||

Then the wise counsellor, endued with religious learning, courtesy, and virtue, and the old family priest, spoke to him as was befitting in these well-weighed words, neither with their faces overwhelmed by grief nor yet wholly unmoved:
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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 (8.82). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shruta, Vinayaguna, Vitasta, Tasta, Matisaciva, Prava, Purohita, Avadhrita, Idam, Yathavat, Paritaptamukha, Capin, Capya, Capi, Ashoka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.82). 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: “śrutavinayaguṇānvitastatastaṃ matisacivaḥ pravayāḥ purohitaśca ”
śruta -
śruta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śruta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śru class 5 verb]

√śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śru class 5 verb]
vinayaguṇān -
vinayaguṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vitasta -
vitasta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vitasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tastam -
√tas -> tasta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √tas class 4 verb]

√tas -> tasta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √tas class 4 verb], [accusative single from √tas class 4 verb]
matisacivaḥ -
matisaciva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pravayā -
pravā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
purohitaś -
purohita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “avadhṛtamidamūcaturyathāvanna ca paritaptamukhau na cāpyaśokau ”
avadhṛtam -
avadhṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

avadhṛta (noun, neuter)

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

avadhṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ūcatur -
√uc (verb class 4)

[perfect active third dual]

√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active third dual]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active third dual]
yathāvan -
yathāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paritaptamukhau -
paritaptamukha (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cāpya -
cāpin (noun, masculine)

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

cāpin (noun, neuter)

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

√ci -> cāpya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √ci]

√ci -> cāpya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √ci]

√ci -> cāpya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ci]

cāpī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpī (noun, feminine)

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

cāpī (noun, neuter)

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

cāpi (noun, masculine)

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

cāpi (noun, feminine)

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

cāpi (noun, neuter)

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

√ci -> cāpya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √ci]

√ci -> cāpya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √ci]
aśokau -
aśoka (noun, masculine)

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