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 12.91

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मृत्युजन्मान्तकरणे स्यादुपायो ऽयमित्यथ ।
दुष्कराणि समारेभे तपांस्यनशनेन सः ॥ ९१ ॥

mṛtyujanmāntakaraṇe syādupāyo 'yamityatha |
duṣkarāṇi samārebhe tapāṃsyanaśanena saḥ || 91 ||

And thinking, 'this may be the means of abolishing birth and death,' he at once commenced a series of difficult austerities by fasting.
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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 (12.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janmantakara, Syat, Sya, Upaya, Upayu, Aya, Idam, Iti, Itya, Atha, Dushkara, Sama, Tapas, Anashana, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.91). 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: “mṛtyujanmāntakaraṇe syādupāyo 'yamityatha ”
mṛtyu -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
janmāntakara -
janmāntakara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ṇe -
ṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
upāyo' -
upāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

upāyu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

upāyu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
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]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “duṣkarāṇi samārebhe tapāṃsyanaśanena saḥ ”
duṣkarāṇi -
duṣkara (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
samā -
sama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
arebhe -
√rebh (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single]

√ribh (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single]
tapāṃsya -
tapas (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
anaśanena -
anaśana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

anaśana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]