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 13.17

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तस्मादयं नार्हति पुष्पवाणं न हर्षणं नापि रतेर्नियोगम् ।
अर्हत्ययं भूतगणैरशेषैः सन्त्रासनातर्जनताडनानि ॥ १७ ॥

tasmādayaṃ nārhati puṣpavāṇaṃ na harṣaṇaṃ nāpi raterniyogam |
arhatyayaṃ bhūtagaṇairaśeṣaiḥ santrāsanātarjanatāḍanāni || 17 ||

'He is not worthy of my flower-shaft, nor my arrow "gladdener," nor the sending of my daughter Rati (to tempt him); he deserves the alarms and rebukes and blows from all the gathered hosts of the demons.'
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (13.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tasmat, Tad, Aya, Idam, Nri, Arhat, Pushpa, Vana, Harshana, Api, Rati, Niyoga, Bhutagana, Ashesha, Santrasana, Arjana, Tadana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.17). 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: “tasmādayaṃ nārhati puṣpavāṇaṃ na harṣaṇaṃ nāpi raterniyogam ”
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]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arhati -
arhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√arh (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
puṣpa -
puṣpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

puṣpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāṇam -
vāṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
harṣaṇam -
harṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

harṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

harṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
rater -
rati (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
niyogam -
niyoga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “arhatyayaṃ bhūtagaṇairaśeṣaiḥ santrāsanātarjanatāḍanāni ”
arhatya -
arhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhat (noun, neuter)

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

√arh (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhūtagaṇair -
bhūtagaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
aśeṣaiḥ -
aśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

aśeṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
santrāsanāt -
santrāsana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

santrāsana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
arjana -
arjana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tāḍanāni -
tāḍana (noun, neuter)

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