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 9.60

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तथैव शाल्वाधिपतिर्द्रुमाक्षो वनात्ससूनुः स्वपुरं प्रविश्य ।
ब्रह्मर्षिभूतश्च मुनेर्वशिष्ठाद्दध्रे श्रियं साङ्कृतिरन्तिदेवः ॥ ६० ॥

tathaiva śālvādhipatirdrumākṣo vanātsasūnuḥ svapuraṃ praviśya |
brahmarṣibhūtaśca munervaśiṣṭhāddadhre śriyaṃ sāṅkṛtirantidevaḥ || 60 ||

'So too Drumaksha, the king of the Shalvas, came to his city from the forest with his son; and Sankriti Antideva, after he had become a Brahmarshi, received his royal dignity from the saint Vashishtha.
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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 (9.60). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Shalva, Adhipati, Drumaksha, Vana, Sunu, Svapura, Pravishya, Bhuta, Bhutas, Muni, Vashishtha, Shri, Shriya, Sankriti, Antideva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.60). 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: “tathaiva śālvādhipatirdrumākṣo vanātsasūnuḥ svapuraṃ praviśya ”
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
śālvā -
śālva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śālva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śālvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adhipatir -
adhipati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
drumākṣo* -
drumākṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vanāt -
vana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sūnuḥ -
sūnu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

sūnu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svapuram -
svapura (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

praviśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “brahmarṣibhūtaśca munervaśiṣṭhāddadhre śriyaṃ sāṅkṛtirantidevaḥ ”
brahmarṣi -
brahmarṣi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
bhūtaś -
bhūtas (noun, neuter)

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

bhūta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
muner -
muni (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vaśiṣṭhād -
vaśiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vaśiṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
dadhre -
√dhṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√dhrā (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√dhrā (verb class 2)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√dhrai (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√dhrai (verb class 2)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
śriyam -
śriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śriya (noun, neuter)

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

śrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sāṅkṛtir -
sāṅkṛti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sāṅkṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
antidevaḥ -
antideva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]