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 11.6

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सुहृत्तया चार्यतया च राजन् विभाव्य मामेव विनिश्चयस्ते ।
अत्रानुनेष्यामि सुहृत्तयैव ब्रूयामहं नोत्तरमन्यदत्र ॥ ६ ॥

suhṛttayā cāryatayā ca rājan vibhāvya māmeva viniścayaste |
atrānuneṣyāmi suhṛttayaiva brūyāmahaṃ nottaramanyadatra || 6 ||

'This thy determination concerning me, O king, is prompted by pure generosity and friendship; I will meet thee courteously with simple friendship; I would not utter aught else in my reply.
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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 (11.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Suhritta, Carya, Rajan, Rajat, Vibhavya, Mama, Iva, Vinishcaya, Tad, Yushmad, Atra, Ham, Nri, Uttaram, Uttara, Anya, Datra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.6). 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: “suhṛttayā cāryatayā ca rājan vibhāvya māmeva viniścayaste ”
suhṛttayā -
suhṛttā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
cārya -
cārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√car -> cārya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √car]

√car -> cārya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √car]

√car -> cārya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √car]

√car -> cārya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √car]

√car -> cārya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √car]
tayā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rājan -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
vibhāvya -
vibhāvya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vibhāvya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
māme -
māma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
viniścayas -
viniścaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
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]
Line 2: “atrānuneṣyāmi suhṛttayaiva brūyāmahaṃ nottaramanyadatra ”
atrān -
atra (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
une -
u (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ū (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
iṣyāmi -
√iṣ (verb class 4)

[present active first single]
suhṛttayai -
suhṛttā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
brūyāma -
√brū (verb class 2)

[optative active first plural]
ham -
ham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

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

hā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

han (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
no -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
uttaram -
uttaram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uttara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

uttara (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
anya -
anya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√an -> anya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √an]
datra -
datra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

datra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]