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 9.2

तमाश्रमम् जातपरिश्रमौ तावुपेत्य काले सदृशानुयात्रौ ।
राजर्द्धिमुत्सृज्य विनीतचेष्टावुपेयतुर्भार्गवधिष्ण्यमेव ॥ २ ॥

tamāśramam jātapariśramau tāvupetya kāle sadṛśānuyātrau |
rājarddhimutsṛjya vinītaceṣṭāvupeyaturbhārgavadhiṣṇyameva || 2 ||

Having come at last full of weariness to that hermitage, accompanied by a fitting train,—they dismissed their royal pomp and with sober gestures entered the abode of Bhargava.

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

Tama, Ashrama, Jata, Parishrama, Upetya, Kale, Kala, Sadrisha, Rajarddhi, Utsrijya, Vinita, Ceshta, Upeya, Bhargava, Dhishnya, Dhishni, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.2). 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: “tamāśramam jātapariśramau tāvupetya kāle sadṛśānuyātrau
  • tamā -
  • tama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśramam -
  • aśrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aśramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • jāta -
  • jāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jāta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 4 verb]
    jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 4 verb]
  • pariśramau -
  • pariśrama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tāvu -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • upetya -
  • upetya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upetya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāle -
  • kāle (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sadṛśān -
  • sadṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • uyāt -
  • u (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • rau -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ru (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “rājarddhimutsṛjya vinītaceṣṭāvupeyaturbhārgavadhiṣṇyameva
  • rājarddhim -
  • rājarddhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • utsṛjya -
  • utsṛjya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    utsṛjya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    utsṛjya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vinīta -
  • vinīta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vinīta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ceṣṭāvu -
  • ceṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • upeya -
  • upeya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upeya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tur -
  • tur (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    tur (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhārgava -
  • bhārgava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhārgava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhiṣṇyam -
  • dhiṣṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhiṣṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhiṣṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dhiṣṇī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 9.2

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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