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 13.15

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तस्मिंस्तु वाणे ऽपि स विप्रमुक्ते चकार नास्थां न धृतेश्चचाल ।
दृष्ट्वा तथैनं विषसाद मारश्चिन्तापरीतश्च शनैर्जगाद ॥ १५ ॥

tasmiṃstu vāṇe 'pi sa vipramukte cakāra nāsthāṃ na dhṛteścacāla |
dṛṣṭvā tathainaṃ viṣasāda māraścintāparītaśca śanairjagāda || 15 ||

But even when that arrow was shot he gave no heed and swerved not from his firmness; and Mara, beholding him thus, sank down, and slowly thus spoke, full of thought:
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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 (13.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Vana, Vani, Api, Vipramukta, Cakara, Tha, Dhriti, Tatha, Aina, Visha, Sada, Mara, Cintaparita, Shanaih, Shana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.15). 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: “tasmiṃstu vāṇe 'pi sa vipramukte cakāra nāsthāṃ na dhṛteścacāla ”
tasmiṃs -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vāṇe' -
vāṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vāṇa (noun, neuter)

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

vāṇi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vipramukte -
vipramukta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vipramukta (noun, neuter)

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

vipramuktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
cakāra -
cakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
nās -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
thā -
tha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ap (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ap (noun, neuter)

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

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhṛteś -
dhṛti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

dhṛti (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
cacāla -
√cal (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “dṛṣṭvā tathainaṃ viṣasāda māraścintāparītaśca śanairjagāda ”
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
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]
ainam -
aina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
viṣa -
viṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viṣa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
māraś -
māra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cintāparītaś -
cintāparīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śanair -
śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
jagāda -
√gad (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]