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 8.87

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परममिति नरेन्द्रशासनात्तौ ययतुरमात्यपुरोहितौ वनं तत् ।
कृतमिति सवधूजनः सदारो नृपतिरपि प्रचकार शेषकार्यम् ॥ ८७ ॥

paramamiti narendraśāsanāttau yayaturamātyapurohitau vanaṃ tat |
kṛtamiti savadhūjanaḥ sadāro nṛpatirapi pracakāra śeṣakāryam || 87 ||

With a prompt acquiescence at the king's order the counsellor and the family priest went to that forest; and then with his wives and his queen the king also, saying, 'It is done,' performed the remainder of the rites.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paramam, Parama, Iti, Narendra, Shasana, Amat, Amatya, Apurohita, Vana, Tat, Tad, Krit, Krita, Sava, Savan, Dhu, Jana, Janas, Sadara, Nripati, Api, Pra, Cakara, Sheshaka, Arya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.87). 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: “paramamiti narendraśāsanāttau yayaturamātyapurohitau vanaṃ tat ”
paramam -
paramam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

parama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

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

paramā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
narendra -
narendra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śāsanāt -
śāsana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śāsana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
yayatur -
√yā (verb class 2)

[perfect active third dual]
amātya -
amātya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

amāt (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

amāt (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
apurohitau -
apurohita (noun, masculine)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “kṛtamiti savadhūjanaḥ sadāro nṛpatirapi pracakāra śeṣakāryam ”
kṛtam -
kṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṛta (noun, neuter)

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

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kṛt (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sava -
sava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

savan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

savan (noun, neuter)

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

√su (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
dhū -
dhū (noun, feminine)

[compound]

dhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
janaḥ -
janas (noun, neuter)

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

jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sadāro* -
sadāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nṛpatir -
nṛpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
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]
śeṣakā -
śeṣaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
aryam -
arya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arya (noun, neuter)

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

aryā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]