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 11.31

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विनाशमीयुः कुरवो यदर्थं वृष्ण्यन्धका मैथिलदण्डकाश्च ।
शूलासिकाष्ठप्रतिमेषु तेषु कामेषु कस्यात्मवतो रतिः स्यात् ॥ ३१ ॥

vināśamīyuḥ kuravo yadarthaṃ vṛṣṇyandhakā maithiladaṇḍakāśca |
śūlāsikāṣṭhapratimeṣu teṣu kāmeṣu kasyātmavato ratiḥ syāt || 31 ||

'What man of self-control could find satisfaction in those pleasures which are like a spear, sword, or club,—for the sake of which the Kurus, the Vrishnis and the Andhakas, the Maithilas and the Damdakas suffered destruction?
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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 (11.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vinasha, Kurava, Kuru, Yadartha, Vrishni, Vrishnya, Vrishan, Andhaka, Maithila, Dandaka, Shula, Asika, Tha, Pratima, Tad, Kama, Kah, Kim, Atmavat, Rati, Syat, Sya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.31). 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: “vināśamīyuḥ kuravo yadarthaṃ vṛṣṇyandhakā maithiladaṇḍakāśca ”
vināśam -
vināśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ī -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
iyuḥ -
√i (verb class 2)

[optative active third plural], [perfect active third plural]
kuravo* -
kurava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kuru (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kuru (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yadartham -
yadartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yadartha (noun, neuter)

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

yadarthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vṛṣṇya -
vṛṣṇi (noun, masculine)

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

vṛṣṇi (noun, neuter)

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

vṛṣṇi (noun, feminine)

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

vṛṣṇī (noun, feminine)

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

vṛṣṇya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vṛṣṇya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vṛṣan (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vṛṣan (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
andhakā* -
andhaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

andhakā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

maithila (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
daṇḍakāś -
daṇḍaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

daṇḍakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “śūlāsikāṣṭhapratimeṣu teṣu kāmeṣu kasyātmavato ratiḥ syāt ”
śūlā -
śūla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śūla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śūlā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śūl (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
asikāṣ -
asika (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ṭha -
ṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pratimeṣu -
pratima (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

pratima (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
teṣu -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
kāmeṣu -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
kasyā -
√kas -> kasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kas]

ka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ātmavato* -
ātmavat (noun, masculine)

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

ātmavat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ratiḥ -
rati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]