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 12.92

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उपवासविधीन् नेकान् कुर्वन् नरदुराचरान् ।
वर्षाणि षट्कर्मप्रेप्सुरकरोत्कार्श्यमात्मनः ॥ ९२ ॥

upavāsavidhīn nekān kurvan naradurācarān |
varṣāṇi ṣaṭkarmaprepsurakarotkārśyamātmanaḥ || 92 ||

For six years, vainly trying to attain merit, he practised self-mortification, performing many rules of abstinence, hard for a man to carry out.
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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 (12.92). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Upavasa, Vidhi, Kah, Kurvat, Naraduracara, Varsha, Shatkarman, Shatkarma, Prepsu, Karshya, Atman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.92). 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: “upavāsavidhīn nekān kurvan naradurācarān ”
upavāsa -
upavāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidhīn -
vidhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ne -
na (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

nā (noun, feminine)

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

ni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
kān -
ka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
kurvan -
kurvat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]

kurvat (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
naradurācarān -
naradurācara (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “varṣāṇi ṣaṭkarmaprepsurakarotkārśyamātmanaḥ ”
varṣāṇi -
varṣa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√vṛṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
ṣaṭkarma -
ṣaṭkarman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

ṣaṭkarman (noun, neuter)

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

ṣaṭkarma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṣaṭkarma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prepsur -
prepsu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

prepsu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akarot -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[imperfect active third single]
kārśyam -
kārśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kārśya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]