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 9.46

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भूयः प्रवृत्तिर्यदि काचिदस्ति रंस्यामहे तत्र यथोपपत्तौ ।
अथ प्रवृत्तिः परतो न काचित्सिद्धो ऽप्रयत्नाज्जगतो ऽस्य मोक्षः ॥ ४६ ॥

bhūyaḥ pravṛttiryadi kācidasti raṃsyāmahe tatra yathopapattau |
atha pravṛttiḥ parato na kācitsiddho 'prayatnājjagato 'sya mokṣaḥ || 46 ||

'If there is any activity hereafter, we will enjoy ourselves in it as may offer; or if there is no activity beyond this life, then there is an assured liberation to all the world without any effort.
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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 (9.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Pravritti, Yadi, Yad, Acit, Asti, Tatra, Yatha, Upapatti, Atha, Paratah, Moksha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.46). 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: “bhūyaḥ pravṛttiryadi kācidasti raṃsyāmahe tatra yathopapattau ”
bhūyaḥ -
bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhūyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pravṛttir -
pravṛtti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
acid -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
raṃsyāmahe -
√ram (verb class 1)

[future middle first plural]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yatho -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
upapattau -
upapatti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “atha pravṛttiḥ parato na kācitsiddho 'prayatnājjagato 'sya mokṣaḥ ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pravṛttiḥ -
pravṛtti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
parato* -
parataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse kācitsiddho'prayatnājjagato'sya*mo
mokṣaḥ -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]