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 10.1

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स राजवत्सः पृथुपीनवक्षास्तौ हव्यमन्त्राधिकृतौ विहाय ।
उत्तीर्य गङ्गां प्रचलत्तरङ्गां श्रीमद्गृहं राजगृहं जगाम ॥ १ ॥

sa rājavatsaḥ pṛthupīnavakṣāstau havyamantrādhikṛtau vihāya |
uttīrya gaṅgāṃ pracalattaraṅgāṃ śrīmadgṛhaṃ rājagṛhaṃ jagāma || 1 ||

The prince, he of the broad and lusty chest, having thus dismissed the minister and the priest, crossed the Ganges with its speeding waves and went to Rajagriha with its beautiful palaces.
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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 (10.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rajavatsa, Prithupinavakshas, Havyamantradhikrita, Vihaya, Viha, Uttirya, Ganga, Pracalat, Taranga, Shrimat, Grih, Rajagriha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.1). 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: “sa rājavatsaḥ pṛthupīnavakṣāstau havyamantrādhikṛtau vihāya ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rājavatsaḥ -
rājavatsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pṛthupīnavakṣās -
pṛthupīnavakṣas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
havyamantrādhikṛtau -
havyamantrādhikṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vihāya -
vihāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

viha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
Line 2: “uttīrya gaṅgāṃ pracalattaraṅgāṃ śrīmadgṛhaṃ rājagṛhaṃ jagāma ”
uttīrya -
uttīrya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gaṅgām -
gaṅgā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
pracalat -
pracalat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pracalat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
taraṅgā -
taraṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

taraṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
śrīmad -
śrīmat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

śrīmat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
gṛham -
gṛha (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

gṛhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

gṛh (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
rājagṛham -
rājagṛha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rājagṛha (noun, neuter)

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

rājagṛhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jagāma -
√gā (verb class 3)

[imperative active first plural]

√gam (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√gam (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√gam (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]