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 13.7

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ततो धनुः पुष्पमयं गृहीत्वा शरांस्तथा मोहकरांश्च पञ्च ।
सो ऽश्वत्थमूलं ससुतो ऽभ्यगच्छदस्वास्थ्यकारी मनसः प्रजानाम् ॥ ७ ॥

tato dhanuḥ puṣpamayaṃ gṛhītvā śarāṃstathā mohakarāṃśca pañca |
so 'śvatthamūlaṃ sasuto 'bhyagacchadasvāsthyakārī manasaḥ prajānām || 7 ||

Then having seized his flower-made bow and his five infatuating arrows, he drew near to the root of the Ashvattha tree with his children, he the great disturber of the minds of living beings.
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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 (13.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Dhanu, Dhanus, Pushpamaya, Grihitva, Shara, Tatha, Mohakara, Panca, Pancan, Sah, Ashvatthamula, Sasuta, Abhi, Asvasthya, Kari, Karin, Manas, Manasa, Praja, Prajana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.7). 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 dhanuḥ puṣpamayaṃ gṛhītvā śarāṃstathā mohakarāṃśca pañca ”
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]
dhanuḥ -
dhanus (noun, neuter)

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

dhanu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dhanu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
puṣpamayam -
puṣpamaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

puṣpamaya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
gṛhītvā -
gṛhītvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√grah -> gṛhītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √grah]
śarāṃs -
śara (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mohakarāṃś -
mohakara (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pañcan (noun, neuter)

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

√pañc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “so 'śvatthamūlaṃ sasuto 'bhyagacchadasvāsthyakārī manasaḥ prajānām ”
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aśvatthamūlam -
aśvatthamūla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aśvatthamūla (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sasuto' -
sasuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
abhya -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

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

abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhi (noun, feminine)

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

abhī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
agacchad -
√gam (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]
asvāsthya -
asvāsthya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kārī -
kārī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kāri (noun, feminine)

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

kāri (noun, masculine)

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

kārin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
manasaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prajānām -
praja (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

praja (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

prajā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

prajānā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]