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 10.24

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गात्रं हि ते लोहितचन्दनार्हं काषायसंश्लेषमनर्हमेतत् ।
हस्तः प्रजापालनयोग्य एष भोक्तुं न चार्हः परदत्तमन्नम् ॥ २४ ॥

gātraṃ hi te lohitacandanārhaṃ kāṣāyasaṃśleṣamanarhametat |
hastaḥ prajāpālanayogya eṣa bhoktuṃ na cārhaḥ paradattamannam || 24 ||

'Thy limbs are worthy of red sandal-wood perfumes,—they do not deserve the rough contact of red cloth; this hand is fit to protect subjects, it deserves not to hold food given by another.
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 (10.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gatra, Tad, Yushmad, Lohitacandana, Arha, Kashaya, Kasha, Samshlesha, Anarha, Etad, Hasta, Prajapalana, Yogya, Yogi, Esha, Para, Datta, Anna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.24). 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: “gātraṃ hi te lohitacandanārhaṃ kāṣāyasaṃśleṣamanarhametat ”
gātram -
gātra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gātra (noun, neuter)

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

gātrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
lohitacandanā -
lohitacandana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
arham -
arha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arha (noun, neuter)

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

arhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kāṣāya -
kāṣāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāṣāya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

kāṣa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
saṃśleṣam -
saṃśleṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
anarham -
anarha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anarha (noun, neuter)

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

anarhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
etat -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “hastaḥ prajāpālanayogya eṣa bhoktuṃ na cārhaḥ paradattamannam ”
hastaḥ -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prajāpālana -
prajāpālana (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

√yuj -> yogya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb]

yogī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yogī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhoktum -
√bhuj -> bhoktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √bhuj]

√bhuj -> bhoktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √bhuj]

√bhuj -> bhoktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √bhuj]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arhaḥ -
arha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
para -
para (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

para (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
dattam -
datta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

datta (noun, neuter)

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

dattā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√dā (verb class 3)

[imperative active second dual]
annam -
anna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anna (noun, neuter)

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

annā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]