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 13.2

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यं कामदेवं प्रवदन्ति लोके चित्रायुधं पुष्पशरं तथैव ।
कामप्रचाराधिपतिं तमेव मोक्षद्विषं मारमुदाहरन्ति ॥ २ ॥

yaṃ kāmadevaṃ pravadanti loke citrāyudhaṃ puṣpaśaraṃ tathaiva |
kāmapracārādhipatiṃ tameva mokṣadviṣaṃ māramudāharanti || 2 ||

He whom they call in the world Kamadeva, the owner of the various weapons, the flower-arrowed, the lord of the course of desire,—it is he whom they also style Mara the enemy of liberation.
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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 (13.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Kamadeva, Pravat, Anti, Loka, Citrayudha, Pushpashara, Tatha, Kamapra, Cara, Adhipati, Tama, Tami, Iva, Mokshadvish, Mara, Uda,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.2). 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: “yaṃ kāmadevaṃ pravadanti loke citrāyudhaṃ puṣpaśaraṃ tathaiva ”
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
kāmadevam -
kāmadeva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
pravad -
pravat (noun, feminine)

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

pravat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pravat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
anti -
anti (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

antī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
citrāyudham -
citrāyudha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
puṣpaśaram -
puṣpaśara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
Line 2: “kāmapracārādhipatiṃ tameva mokṣadviṣaṃ māramudāharanti ”
kāmapra -
kāmapra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāmapra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cārā -
cāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
adhipatim -
adhipati (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tame -
tama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

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

tamā (noun, feminine)

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

tami (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mokṣadviṣam -
mokṣadviṣ (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
māram -
māra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māra (noun, neuter)

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

mārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
udā -
uda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

udan (noun, neuter)

[compound]

√ud (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]

udā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āhar -
anti -
anti (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

antī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]