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 12.43

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इति वाक्यमिदं श्रुत्वा मुनेस्तस्य नृपात्मजः ।
अभ्युपायं च पप्रच्छ पदमेव च नैष्ठिकम् ॥ ४३ ॥

iti vākyamidaṃ śrutvā munestasya nṛpātmajaḥ |
abhyupāyaṃ ca papraccha padameva ca naiṣṭhikam || 43 ||

The prince, having heard this discourse from the seer, asked concerning the means and the final state.
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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 (12.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Vakya, Idam, Muni, Tad, Nripatmaja, Abhyupaya, Pada, Eva, Naishthika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.43). 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: “iti vākyamidaṃ śrutvā munestasya nṛpātmajaḥ ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
vākyam -
vākya (noun, neuter)

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

√vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
śrutvā -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
munes -
muni (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
nṛpātmajaḥ -
nṛpātmaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “abhyupāyaṃ ca papraccha padameva ca naiṣṭhikam ”
abhyupāyam -
abhyupāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
papraccha -
√praś (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
padam -
pada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
naiṣṭhikam -
naiṣṭhika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

naiṣṭhika (noun, neuter)

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