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 11.43

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द्वन्द्वानि सर्वस्य यतः प्रसक्तान्यलाभलाभप्रभृतीनि लोके ।
अतो ऽपि नैकान्तसुखो ऽस्ति कश्चिन्नैकान्तदुःखः पुरुषः प्र्ठिव्याम् ॥ ४३ ॥

dvandvāni sarvasya yataḥ prasaktānyalābhalābhaprabhṛtīni loke |
ato 'pi naikāntasukho 'sti kaścinnaikāntaduḥkhaḥ puruṣaḥ prṭhivyām || 43 ||

'Since the well-known opposite pairs, such as gain and loss and the rest, are inseparably connected with everything in this world,—therefore no man is invariably happy on the earth nor invariably wretched.
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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 (11.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dvandva, Sarva, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Prasakta, Alabha, Labha, Prabhriti, Loka, Atah, Api, Naika, Tan, Kha, Asti, Kah, Cinna, Ekantaduhkha, Purusha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.43). 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: “dvandvāni sarvasya yataḥ prasaktānyalābhalābhaprabhṛtīni loke ”
dvandvāni -
dvandva (noun, neuter)

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

[genitive single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
yataḥ -
yataḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yat (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
prasaktānya -
prasakta (noun, neuter)

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

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

[compound], [vocative single]
prabhṛtī -
prabhṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
Line 2: “ato 'pi naikāntasukho 'sti kaścinnaikāntaduḥkhaḥ puruṣaḥ prṭhivyām ”
ato' -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
naikān -
naika (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tasu -
tan (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
kho' -
kha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cinnai -
cinna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ekāntaduḥkhaḥ -
ekāntaduḥkha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
puruṣaḥ -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse prṭhivyām