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 13.4

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असौ मुनिर्निश्चयवर्म बिभ्रत् सत्त्वायुधं बुद्धिशरं विकृष्य ।
जिगीषुरास्ते विषयान्मदीयान् तस्मादयं मे मनसो विषादः ॥ ४ ॥

asau munirniścayavarma bibhrat sattvāyudhaṃ buddhiśaraṃ vikṛṣya |
jigīṣurāste viṣayānmadīyān tasmādayaṃ me manaso viṣādaḥ || 4 ||

'This sage, wearing the armour of resolution, and having drawn the arrow of wisdom with the barb of truth, sits yonder intending to conquer my realms,—hence is this despondency of my 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 (13.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asi, Asu, Adah, Muni, Nishcaya, Varman, Bibhrat, Sattva, Ayudha, Shara, Vikrishya, Jigishu, Vishaya, Madiya, Tasmat, Tad, Aya, Idam, Asmad, Manas, Manasa, Vishad, Vishada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.4). 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: “asau munirniścayavarma bibhrat sattvāyudhaṃ buddhiśaraṃ vikṛṣya ”
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
munir -
muni (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
varma -
varman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bibhrat -
bibhrat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

bibhrat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
sattvā -
sattva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sattva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sad -> sattvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sad]

√sad -> sattvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sad]
ayudham -
ayudha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
buddhi -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
śaram -
śara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śara (noun, neuter)

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

śaran (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

śaran (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
vikṛṣya -
vikṛṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vikṛṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “jigīṣurāste viṣayānmadīyān tasmādayaṃ me manaso viṣādaḥ ”
jigīṣur -
jigīṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

jigīṣu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āste -
√ās (verb class 2)

[present middle third single]
viṣayān -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
madīyān -
madīya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tasmād -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
manaso* -
manas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viṣādaḥ -
viṣād (noun, masculine)

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

viṣād (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

viṣāda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]