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 12.21

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सशिष्यः कपिलश्चेह प्रतिबुद्ध इति स्मृतिः ।
सपुत्रः प्रतिबुद्धश्च प्रजापतिरिहोच्यते ॥ २१ ॥

saśiṣyaḥ kapilaśceha pratibuddha iti smṛtiḥ |
saputraḥ pratibuddhaśca prajāpatirihocyate || 21 ||

'Kapila with his disciple became the illuminated,—such is the tradition; and he, as the illuminated, with his son is now called here Prajapati.
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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 (12.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sashishya, Kapila, Pratibuddha, Iti, Smriti, Saputra, Prajapati, Iha, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.21). 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: “saśiṣyaḥ kapilaśceha pratibuddha iti smṛtiḥ ”
saśiṣyaḥ -
saśiṣya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kapilaś -
kapila (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ceha -
√cah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
pratibuddha* -
pratibuddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
smṛtiḥ -
smṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “saputraḥ pratibuddhaśca prajāpatirihocyate ”
saputraḥ -
saputra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pratibuddhaś -
pratibuddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prajāpatir -
prajāpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iho -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]