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 12.45

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इत्यराडो यथाशास्त्रं विस्पष्टार्थं समासतः ।
तमेवान्येन कल्पेन धर्ममस्मै व्यभाषत ॥ ४५ ॥

ityarāḍo yathāśāstraṃ vispaṣṭārthaṃ samāsataḥ |
tamevānyena kalpena dharmamasmai vyabhāṣata || 45 ||

Then Arada, according to his doctrine, declared to him in another way that course of life clearly and succinctly.
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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 (12.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Itya, Arada, Yathashastram, Vispashtartha, Samasatah, Tama, Tami, Vanya, Kalpa, Dharma, Idam, Vya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.45). 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: “ityarāḍo yathāśāstraṃ vispaṣṭārthaṃ samāsataḥ ”
itya -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
arāḍo* -
arāḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathāśāstram -
yathāśāstram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vispaṣṭārtham -
vispaṣṭārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vispaṣṭārtha (noun, neuter)

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

vispaṣṭārthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
samāsataḥ -
samāsataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “tamevānyena kalpena dharmamasmai vyabhāṣata ”
tame -
tama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tamā (noun, feminine)

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

tami (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
vānyena -
vānya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vānya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√van -> vānya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √van class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √van class 8 verb]

√van -> vānya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √van class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √van class 8 verb]
kalpena -
kalpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kalpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
asmai -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[dative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[dative single]
vya -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

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

vi (noun, neuter)

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

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

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

vi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
abhāṣata -
√bhāṣ (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle third single]