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 12.3

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तावुभौ न्यायतः पृष्ट्वा धातुसाम्यं परस्परम् ।
दारव्योर्मेध्ययोर्वृष्योः शुचौ देशे निषीदतुः ॥ ३ ॥

tāvubhau nyāyataḥ pṛṣṭvā dhātusāmyaṃ parasparam |
dāravyormedhyayorvṛṣyoḥ śucau deśe niṣīdatuḥ || 3 ||

They, having mutually asked after each other's health as was fitting, sat down in a clean place on two pure wooden seats.
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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 (12.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ubha, Nyayatah, Nyayata, Prishtva, Dhatusamya, Parasparam, Paraspara, Daravi, Medhya, Vrishi, Shuc, Shuca, Shuci, Desha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.3). 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: “tāvubhau nyāyataḥ pṛṣṭvā dhātusāmyaṃ parasparam ”
tāvu -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
ubhau -
ubha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
nyāyataḥ -
nyāyataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nyāyata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pṛṣṭvā -
pṛṣṭvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pṛṣ]

√praś -> pṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √praś]
dhātusāmyam -
dhātusāmya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
parasparam -
parasparam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paraspara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paraspara (noun, neuter)

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

parasparā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “dāravyormedhyayorvṛṣyoḥ śucau deśe niṣīdatuḥ ”
dāravyor -
dāravī (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
medhyayor -
medhya (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

medhya (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

medhyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

√medh -> medhya (participle, masculine)

[genitive dual from √medh class 1 verb], [locative dual from √medh class 1 verb]

√medh -> medhya (participle, neuter)

[genitive dual from √medh class 1 verb], [locative dual from √medh class 1 verb]

√medh -> medhyā (participle, feminine)

[genitive dual from √medh class 1 verb], [locative dual from √medh class 1 verb]

√midh -> medhya (participle, masculine)

[genitive dual from √midh class 1 verb], [locative dual from √midh class 1 verb]

√midh -> medhya (participle, neuter)

[genitive dual from √midh class 1 verb], [locative dual from √midh class 1 verb]

√midh -> medhyā (participle, feminine)

[genitive dual from √midh class 1 verb], [locative dual from √midh class 1 verb]
vṛṣyoḥ -
vṛṣī (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

vṛṣi (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

vṛṣi (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
śucau -
śuc (noun, feminine)

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

śuc (noun, masculine)

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

śuca (noun, masculine)

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

śuci (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śuci (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
deśe -
deśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

deśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Cannot analyse niṣīdatuḥ