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 12.44

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ब्रह्मचर्यमिदं चर्यं यथा यावच्च यत्र च ।
धर्मस्यास्य च पर्यन्तं भवान् व्याख्यातुमर्हति ॥ ४४ ॥

brahmacaryamidaṃ caryaṃ yathā yāvacca yatra ca |
dharmasyāsya ca paryantaṃ bhavān vyākhyātumarhati || 44 ||

'Wilt thou please to explain to me how, how far, and where this life of sacred study is to be led, and the limit of this course of life?'
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (12.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmacarya, Idam, Carya, Yatha, Yavat, Yatra, Dharma, Paryantam, Paryanta, Bhava, Bhavant, Vyakhya, Rihat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.44). 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: “brahmacaryamidaṃ caryaṃ yathā yāvacca yatra ca ”
brahmacaryam -
brahmacarya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
caryam -
carya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

carya (noun, neuter)

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

caryā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yāvac -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “dharmasyāsya ca paryantaṃ bhavān vyākhyātumarhati ”
dharmasyā -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paryantam -
paryantam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paryanta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paryanta (noun, neuter)

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

paryantā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavān -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
atumar -
√tu (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first plural]
ṛhati -
ṛhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ṛhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]