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 10.16

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तत्रैवमालोक्य स राजभृत्यः श्रेण्याय राज्ञे कथयां चकार ।
संश्रुत्य राजा स च बाहुमान्यात्तत्र प्रतस्थे निभृतानुयात्रः ॥ १६ ॥

tatraivamālokya sa rājabhṛtyaḥ śreṇyāya rājñe kathayāṃ cakāra |
saṃśrutya rājā sa ca bāhumānyāttatra pratasthe nibhṛtānuyātraḥ || 16 ||

That royal attendant, having thus watched him there, related it all to the king Shrenya; and the king, when he heard it, in his deep veneration, started himself to go thither with a modest retinue.
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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 (10.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatraiva, Malu, Kya, Rajabhritya, Shrenya, Rajan, Cakara, Samshrutya, Raja, Raj, Bahumat, Yat, Tatra, Prata, Tha, Nibhrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.16). 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: “tatraivamālokya sa rājabhṛtyaḥ śreṇyāya rājñe kathayāṃ cakāra ”
tatraiva -
tatraiva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]
mālo -
mālu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

mālu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
kya -
kya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rājabhṛtyaḥ -
rājabhṛtya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śreṇyāya -
śreṇya (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
rājñe -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
kathayām -
√kath -> kathayām (periphrastic_perfect)

[periphrastic_perfect from √kath]
cakāra -
cakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

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

√kṛ (verb class 2)

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

√kṛ (verb class 5)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

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

√kṛ (verb class 3)

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

√kṛ (verb class 6)

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

√kṝ (verb class 5)

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

√kṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “saṃśrutya rājā sa ca bāhumānyāttatra pratasthe nibhṛtānuyātraḥ ”
saṃśrutya -
saṃśrutya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
rājā -
rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

rāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bāhumān -
bāhumat (noun, masculine)

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

[compound]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pratas -
prata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
the -
tha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
nibhṛtān -
nibhṛta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
uyāt -
√u (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
raḥ -
ra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]