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 9.4

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शुद्धौजसः शुद्धविशालकीर्तेरिक्ष्वाकुवंशप्रभवस्य राज्ञः ।
इमं जनं वेत्तु भवानधीरं श्रुतग्रहे मन्त्रपरिग्रहे च ॥ ४ ॥

śuddhaujasaḥ śuddhaviśālakīrterikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavasya rājñaḥ |
imaṃ janaṃ vettu bhavānadhīraṃ śrutagrahe mantraparigrahe ca || 4 ||

'Let your honour know us to be respectively imperfect proficients in preserving the sacred learning and in retaining the state-counsels,—in the service of the monarch of the Ikshvaku race, pure in his valour and pure and wide in his glory.
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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 (9.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shuddhaujas, Shuddha, Vishala, Kirti, Vamsha, Prabhava, Rajan, Idam, Jana, Bhava, Bhavant, Adhira, Shrutagraha, Mantra, Aparigraha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.4). 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: “śuddhaujasaḥ śuddhaviśālakīrterikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavasya rājñaḥ ”
śuddhaujasaḥ -
śuddhaujas (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

śuddhaujas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
śuddha -
śuddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śuddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]

√śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
viśāla -
viśāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kīrter -
kīrti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

kīrti (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ikṣvāku -
ikṣvāku (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ikṣvāku (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
prabhavasya -
prabhava (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

prabhava (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
rājñaḥ -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “imaṃ janaṃ vettu bhavānadhīraṃ śrutagrahe mantraparigrahe ca ”
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
janam -
jana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jana (noun, neuter)

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

janā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vettu -
√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active third single]
bhavān -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
adhīram -
adhīra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

adhīra (noun, neuter)

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

adhīrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śrutagrahe -
śrutagraha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
mantra -
mantṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mantra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
aparigrahe -
aparigraha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

aparigraha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

aparigrahā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]