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 9.36

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इहैति हित्वा स्वजनं परत्र प्रलभ्य चेहापि पुनः प्रयाति ।
गत्वापि तत्राप्यपरत्र गच्छेत्येवं जनो योगिनि को ऽनुरोधः ॥ ३६ ॥

ihaiti hitvā svajanaṃ paratra pralabhya cehāpi punaḥ prayāti |
gatvāpi tatrāpyaparatra gacchetyevaṃ jano yogini ko 'nurodhaḥ || 36 ||

'Leaving his kindred in another world, he departs hither; and having stolen away from them here, he goes forth once more; "having gone thither, go thou elsewhere also,"—such is the lot of mankind,—what consideration can the yogin have for them?
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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 (9.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iha, Hitva, Hitvan, Svajana, Paratra, Pra, Labhya, Api, Puna, Prayati, Tatra, Apya, Aparatra, Yah, Yat, Evam, Eva, Jana, Janas, Yogin, Yogini, Yogi, Kah, Anurodha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.36). 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: “ihaiti hitvā svajanaṃ paratra pralabhya cehāpi punaḥ prayāti ”
ihai -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
hitvā -
hitvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√hi -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √hi]

hitvan (noun, masculine)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]
paratra -
paratra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
labhya -
labhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

labhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√labh -> labhya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √labh]

√labh -> labhya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]

√labh -> labhya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]
cehā -
√cah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

prayāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

prayāti (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “gatvāpi tatrāpyaparatra gacchetyevaṃ jano yogini ko 'nurodhaḥ ”
gatvā -
√gam -> gatvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √gam]

√gam -> gatvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √gam]

√gam -> gatvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √gam]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tatrā -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
aparatra -
aparatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gacchet -
√gam (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
ye -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jano* -
janas (noun, neuter)

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

jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yogini -
yoginī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

yogin (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yogin (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

yogī (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
ko' -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anurodhaḥ -
anurodha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]