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 12.99

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न चासौ दुर्बलेनाप्तुं शक्यमित्यागतादरः ।
शरीरबलवृद्ध्यर्थमिदं भूयो ऽन्वचिन्तयत् ॥ ९९ ॥

na cāsau durbalenāptuṃ śakyamityāgatādaraḥ |
śarīrabalavṛddhyarthamidaṃ bhūyo 'nvacintayat || 99 ||

'But that cannot be attained by one who has lost his strength,'—so resuming his care for his body, he next pondered thus, how best to increase his bodily vigour:
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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 (12.99). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Casa, Durbala, Aptu, Shakya, Iti, Itya, Agata, Ara, Sharira, Bala, Vriddhi, Artha, Idam, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Anu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.99). 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: “na cāsau durbalenāptuṃ śakyamityāgatādaraḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cāsau -
cāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
durbalenā -
durbala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

durbala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aptum -
aptu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

aptu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śakyam -
śakya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śakya (noun, neuter)

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

śakyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śak -> śakya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak -> śakya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]
ityā -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

ityā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> ityā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
āgatād -
āgata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

āgata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
araḥ -
ara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śarīrabalavṛddhyarthamidaṃ bhūyo 'nvacintayat ”
śarīra -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bala -
bala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bal (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vṛddhya -
vṛddhi (noun, feminine)

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

vṛddhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single], [accusative single]
bhūyo' -
bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhūyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
anva -
anu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anu (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

anu (noun, masculine)

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

anu (noun, neuter)

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

anu (noun, feminine)

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

anu (Preverb)

[Preverb]
acintayat -
√cint (verb class 10)

[imperfect active third single]