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 9.31

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अवैमि भावं तनयप्रसक्तं विशेषतो यो मयि भूमिपस्य ।
जानन्नपि व्याधिजराविपद्भ्यो भीतस्त्वगत्या स्वजनं त्यजामि ॥ ३१ ॥

avaimi bhāvaṃ tanayaprasaktaṃ viśeṣato yo mayi bhūmipasya |
jānannapi vyādhijarāvipadbhyo bhītastvagatyā svajanaṃ tyajāmi || 31 ||

'I well know the paternal tenderness of the king, especially that which he has displayed towards me; yet knowing this as I do, still alarmed at sickness, old age, and death, I am inevitably forced to leave my kindred.
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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 (9.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ava, Bhava, Tanaya, Prasaktam, Prasakta, Visheshatah, Visheshatas, Yah, Mayi, Asmad, Bhumipa, Janat, Api, Vyadhin, Vyadhi, Jara, Vipad, Bhita, Tvac, Atya, Svajana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.31). 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: “avaimi bhāvaṃ tanayaprasaktaṃ viśeṣato yo mayi bhūmipasya ”
avai -
ava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[compound], [instrumental single]

√av (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√u (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]

√u (verb class 2)

[imperative middle first single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single]

ava (Preverb)

[Preverb]

avā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
emi -
√i (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
bhāvam -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
tanaya -
tanaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tanaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√tan (verb class 10)

[imperative active second single]
prasaktam -
prasaktam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prasakta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prasakta (noun, neuter)

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

prasaktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viśeṣato* -
viśeṣataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viśeṣatas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mayi -
mayī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[locative single]
bhūmipasya -
bhūmipa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
Line 2: “jānannapi vyādhijarāvipadbhyo bhītastvagatyā svajanaṃ tyajāmi ”
jānann -
jānat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√jñā -> jānat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vyādhi -
vyādhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhin (noun, neuter)

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

vyādhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
jarā -
jarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vipadbhyo* -
vipad (noun, feminine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
bhītas -
bhīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tvag -
tvac (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
atyā -
atyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
svajanam -
svajana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tyajāmi -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[present active first single]