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 9.61

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एवंविधा धर्मयशःप्रदीप्ता वनानि हित्वा भवनान्यभीयुः ।
तस्मान्न दोषो ऽस्ति गृहं प्रवेष्टुं तपोवनाद्धर्मनिमित्तमेव ॥ ६१ ॥

evaṃvidhā dharmayaśaḥpradīptā vanāni hitvā bhavanānyabhīyuḥ |
tasmānna doṣo 'sti gṛhaṃ praveṣṭuṃ tapovanāddharmanimittameva || 61 ||

'Such men as these, illustrious in glory and virtue, left the forests and came back to their houses; therefore it is no sin to return from a hermitage to one's home, if it be only for the sake of duty.'
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (9.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evamvidha, Dharmayashas, Pradipta, Vana, Hitva, Hitvan, Bhavana, Abhi, Tasmat, Tad, Dosha, Doshas, Dos, Asti, Grih, Prava, Ishtu, Tapovana, Harman, Nimitta, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.61). 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: “evaṃvidhā dharmayaśaḥpradīptā vanāni hitvā bhavanānyabhīyuḥ ”
evaṃvidhā* -
evaṃvidha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

evaṃvidhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dharmayaśaḥ -
dharmayaśas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pradīptā* -
pradīpta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pradīptā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vanāni -
vana (noun, neuter)

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

√van (verb class 1)

[imperative active first 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]
bhavanānya -
bhavana (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
abhī -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

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

abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhi (noun, feminine)

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

abhī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
iyuḥ -
√i (verb class 2)

[optative active third plural], [perfect active third plural]
Line 2: “tasmānna doṣo 'sti gṛhaṃ praveṣṭuṃ tapovanāddharmanimittameva ”
tasmān -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
doṣo' -
doṣas (noun, neuter)

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

doṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dos (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive 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]
gṛham -
gṛha (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

gṛhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

gṛh (noun, masculine)

[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]
tapovanāddh -
tapovana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
harma -
harman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
nimittam -
nimitta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]