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 9.1

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ततस्तदा मन्त्रिपुरोहितौ तौ वाष्पप्रतोदाभिहतौ नृपेण ।
विद्धौ सदश्वाविव सर्वयत्नात्सौहार्दशीघ्रं ययतुर्वनं तत् ॥ १ ॥

tatastadā mantripurohitau tau vāṣpapratodābhihatau nṛpeṇa |
viddhau sadaśvāviva sarvayatnātsauhārdaśīghraṃ yayaturvanaṃ tat || 1 ||

Then the two, the counsellor and the family priest, beaten by the king with his scourge of tears, went with every effort to that forest in the hurry of affection, like two noble horses goaded.
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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 (9.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Tada, Mantrin, Mantri, Purohita, Purohiti, Nripa, Viddha, Viddhi, Sadashva, Iva, Sarvayatna, Sauharda, Shighram, Shighra, Vana, Tat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.1). 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: “tatastadā mantripurohitau tau vāṣpapratodābhihatau nṛpeṇa ”
tatas -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
tadā* -
tadā (noun, feminine)

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

tada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mantri -
mantri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mantrin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mantrin (noun, neuter)

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

mantrī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

mantrī (noun, feminine)

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

mantrī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
purohitau -
purohita (noun, masculine)

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

purohiti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
Cannot analyse vāṣpapratodābhihatau*nṛ
nṛpeṇa -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “viddhau sadaśvāviva sarvayatnātsauhārdaśīghraṃ yayaturvanaṃ tat ”
viddhau -
viddha (noun, masculine)

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

viddhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√vidh -> viddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √vidh class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √vidh class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √vidh class 6 verb]

√vidh -> viddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √vidh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vidh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vidh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vidh class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √vidh class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √vidh class 6 verb]

√vyadh -> viddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √vyadh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √vyadh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √vyadh class 4 verb]
sadaśvāvi -
sadaśva (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sarvayatnāt -
sarvayatna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
sauhārda -
sauhārda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sauhārda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śīghram -
śīghram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

śīghra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śīghra (noun, neuter)

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

śīghrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yayatur -
√yā (verb class 2)

[perfect active third 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]