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 12.100

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क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमक्लान्तः श्रमादस्वस्थमानसः ।
प्राप्नुयान्मनसावाप्यं फलं कथमनिर्वृतः ॥ १०० ॥

kṣutpipāsāśramaklāntaḥ śramādasvasthamānasaḥ |
prāpnuyānmanasāvāpyaṃ phalaṃ kathamanirvṛtaḥ || 100 ||

'Wearied with hunger, thirst, and fatigue, with his mind no longer self-possessed through fatigue, how should one who is not absolutely calm reach the end which is to be attained by his mind?
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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 (12.100). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshutpipasa, Shramaklanta, Shrama, Asvastha, Anasa, Pra, Manasa, Apya, Api, Phala, Katham, Katha, Anirvrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.100). 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: “kṣutpipāsāśramaklāntaḥ śramādasvasthamānasaḥ ”
kṣutpipāsā -
kṣutpipāsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śramaklāntaḥ -
śramaklānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śramād -
śrama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
asvastham -
asvastha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asvastha (noun, neuter)

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

asvasthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ānasaḥ -
ānasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “prāpnuyānmanasāvāpyaṃ phalaṃ kathamanirvṛtaḥ ”
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpnuyān -
√āp (verb class 5)

[optative active third single]
manasāvā -
manasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
āpyam -
āpya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āpya (noun, neuter)

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

āpyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√āp -> āpya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √āp]

√āp -> āpya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √āp]

√āp -> āpyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √āp]

√i -> āpya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √i]

√i -> āpya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √i]

√i -> āpyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √i]

āpī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√āp -> āpya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √āp]

√āp -> āpya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √āp], [accusative single from √āp]

√i -> āpya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √i]

√i -> āpya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i], [accusative single from √i]
phalam -
phala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

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

phalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
anirvṛtaḥ -
anirvṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]