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 12.116

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ततो भुजङ्गप्रवरेण संस्तुतस्तृणान्युपादाय शुचीनि लावकात् ।
कृतप्रतिज्ञो निषसाद बोधये महातरोर्मूलमुपाश्रितः शुचेः ॥ ११६ ॥

tato bhujaṅgapravareṇa saṃstutastṛṇānyupādāya śucīni lāvakāt |
kṛtapratijño niṣasāda bodhaye mahātarormūlamupāśritaḥ śuceḥ || 116 ||

Being thus praised by the best of serpents, and having taken some pure grass from a grasscutter, he, having made his resolution, sat down to obtain perfect knowledge at the foot of the great holy tree.
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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 (12.116). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Bhujanga, Pravara, Samstuta, Trina, Upadaya, Shuci, Shucin, Lavaka, Kritapratijna, Nisha, Sada, Bodhi, Mahataru, Mula, Upashrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.116). 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: “tato bhujaṅgapravareṇa saṃstutastṛṇānyupādāya śucīni lāvakāt ”
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
bhujaṅga -
bhujaṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhujaṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pravareṇa -
pravara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

pravara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
saṃstutas -
saṃstuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tṛṇānyu -
tṛṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
upādāya -
upādāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śucīni -
śuci (noun, neuter)

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

śucin (noun, neuter)

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

śucī (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
lāvakāt -
lāvaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “kṛtapratijño niṣasāda bodhaye mahātarormūlamupāśritaḥ śuceḥ ”
kṛtapratijño* -
kṛtapratijña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
niṣa -
niṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
bodhaye -
bodhi (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

√budh (verb class 0)

[present middle first single]
mahātaror -
mahātaru (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
mūlam -
mūla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mūla (noun, neuter)

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

mūlā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
upāśritaḥ -
upāśrita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śuceḥ -
śuci (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

śuci (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]