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 13.36

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तेभ्यः स्थितेभ्यः स तथाविधेभ्यः रूपेण भावेन च दारुणेभ्यः ।
न विव्यथे नोद्विविजे महार्षिः क्रीडन् सुबालेभ्य इवोद्धतेभ्यः ॥ ३६ ॥

tebhyaḥ sthitebhyaḥ sa tathāvidhebhyaḥ rūpeṇa bhāvena ca dāruṇebhyaḥ |
na vivyathe nodvivije mahārṣiḥ krīḍan subālebhya ivoddhatebhyaḥ || 36 ||

Before these monsters standing there, so dreadful in form and disposition, the great sage remained unalarmed and untroubled, sporting with them as if they had been only rude children.
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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 (13.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Sthita, Tathavidha, Rupa, Bhavena, Bhava, Daruna, Maharshi, Kridat, Subala, Iva, Uddhata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.36). 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: “tebhyaḥ sthitebhyaḥ sa tathāvidhebhyaḥ rūpeṇa bhāvena ca dāruṇebhyaḥ ”
tebhyaḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
sthitebhyaḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

sthita (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[dative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [ablative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[dative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [ablative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathāvidhebhyaḥ -
tathāvidha (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

tathāvidha (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
rūpeṇa -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
bhāvena -
bhāvena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dāruṇebhyaḥ -
dāruṇa (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

dāruṇa (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
Line 2: “na vivyathe nodvivije mahārṣiḥ krīḍan subālebhya ivoddhatebhyaḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vivyathe -
√vyath (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
Cannot analyse nodvivije*ma
mahārṣiḥ -
mahārṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mahārṣi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
krīḍan -
krīḍat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√krīḍ -> krīḍat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √krīḍ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √krīḍ class 1 verb]
subālebhya* -
subāla (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

subāla (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
uddhatebhyaḥ -
uddhata (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

uddhata (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]