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 13.16

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शैलेन्द्रपुत्रीं प्रति येन विद्धो देवो ऽपि शम्भुश्चलितो बभूव ।
न चिन्तयत्येष तमेव वाणं किं स्यादचित्तो न शरः स एषः ॥ १६ ॥

śailendraputrīṃ prati yena viddho devo 'pi śambhuścalito babhūva |
na cintayatyeṣa tameva vāṇaṃ kiṃ syādacitto na śaraḥ sa eṣaḥ || 16 ||

'He does not even notice that arrow by which the god Shambhu was pierced with love for the daughter of the mountain and shaken in his vow; can he be destitute of all feeling? is not this that very arrow?
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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 (13.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shailendra, Putri, Prati, Yena, Yah, Yat, Viddha, Deva, Devri, Api, Shambhu, Calita, Esha, Tama, Tami, Iva, Vana, Kim, Syat, Sya, Acitta, Shara, Sharas, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.16). 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: “śailendraputrīṃ prati yena viddho devo 'pi śambhuścalito babhūva ”
śailendra -
śailendra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
putrīm -
putrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

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

pratī (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
viddho* -
viddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vidh -> viddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vidh class 6 verb]

√vidh -> viddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vidh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vidh class 6 verb]

√vyadh -> viddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vyadh class 4 verb]
devo' -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

devṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śambhuś -
śambhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śambhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
calito* -
calita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “na cintayatyeṣa tameva vāṇaṃ kiṃ syādacitto na śaraḥ sa eṣaḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cintayatye -
√cint (verb class 10)

[present active third single]
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second 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]
vāṇam -
vāṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
acitto* -
acitta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaraḥ -
śaras (noun, neuter)

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

śara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eṣaḥ -
eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]