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 9.58

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या च प्रवृत्ता भवदोषबुद्धिस्तपोवनेभ्यो भवनं प्रवेष्टुम् ।
तत्रापि चिन्ता तव तात मा भूत् पूर्वे ऽपि जग्मुः स्वगृहं वनेभ्यः ॥ ५८ ॥

yā ca pravṛttā bhavadoṣabuddhistapovanebhyo bhavanaṃ praveṣṭum |
tatrāpi cintā tava tāta mā bhūt pūrve 'pi jagmuḥ svagṛhaṃ vanebhyaḥ || 58 ||

'And as for thy meditations on the evils of life ending in thy return from the forest to thy home,—let not the thought of this trouble thee, my son,—those in old time also have returned from the forests to their houses.
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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 (9.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pravritta, Bhavada, Usha, Buddhi, Tapovana, Bhavana, Prava, Ishtu, Tatra, Api, Cinta, Yushmad, Tata, Mas, Purva, Svagriha, Vana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.58). 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: “yā ca pravṛttā bhavadoṣabuddhistapovanebhyo bhavanaṃ praveṣṭum ”
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pravṛttā* -
pravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pravṛttā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavado -
bhavadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uṣa -
uṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
buddhis -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tapovanebhyo* -
tapovana (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
bhavanam -
bhavana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhavana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prave -
prava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

prava (noun, neuter)

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

pravā (noun, feminine)

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

√pru (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
iṣṭum -
iṣṭu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “tatrāpi cintā tava tāta mā bhūt pūrve 'pi jagmuḥ svagṛhaṃ vanebhyaḥ ”
tatrā -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cintā -
cintā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
tāta -
tāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhūt -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[injunctive active third single]
pūrve' -
pūrva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

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

pūrvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
jagmuḥ -
√gam (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√gam (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]

√gam (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]
svagṛham -
svagṛha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svagṛha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vanebhyaḥ -
vana (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

vana (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]