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 13.31

शुद्धाधिवासा विबुधर्षयस्तु सद्धर्मसिद्ध्यर्थमिव प्रवृत्ताः ।
मारे ऽनुकम्पां मनसा प्रचक्रुर्विरागभावात्तु न रोषमीयुः ॥ ३१ ॥

śuddhādhivāsā vibudharṣayastu saddharmasiddhyarthamiva pravṛttāḥ |
māre 'nukampāṃ manasā pracakrurvirāgabhāvāttu na roṣamīyuḥ || 31 ||

But the god-sages, the Shuddhadhivasas, being as it were absorbed in the perfect accomplishment of the good Law, felt only a pity for Mara in their minds and through their absolute passionlessness were unruffled by anger.

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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 (13.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shuddhadhivasa, Vibudha, Rishi, Saddharma, Siddhyartham, Siddhyartha, Iva, Pravritta, Mara, Mari, Anukampa, Manasa, Manas, Pra, Cakru, Viraga, Bhava, Rosh, Rosha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.31). 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: “śuddhādhivāsā vibudharṣayastu saddharmasiddhyarthamiva pravṛttāḥ
  • śuddhādhivāsā* -
  • śuddhādhivāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śuddhādhivāsā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vibudhar -
  • vibudha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vibudha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vibudhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛṣayas -
  • ṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • saddharma -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • siddhyartham -
  • siddhyartham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    siddhyartha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    siddhyartha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pravṛttāḥ -
  • pravṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pravṛttā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “māre 'nukampāṃ manasā pracakrurvirāgabhāvāttu na roṣamīyuḥ
  • māre' -
  • māra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    māra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    mārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    māri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • anukampām -
  • anukampā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • manasā -
  • manasā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    manas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    manasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • cakrur -
  • cakru (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    cakru (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [perfect active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [perfect active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 3)
    [perfect active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • virāga -
  • virāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    virāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāvāt -
  • bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • roṣam -
  • roṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    roṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    roṣ (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ī -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • iyuḥ -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural], [perfect active third plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 13.31

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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