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 13.48

जिघांसयान्यः प्रससार रुष्टो गदां गृहीत्वाभिमुखो महार्षेः ।
सो ऽप्राप्तकालो विवशः पपात दोषेष्विवानर्थकरेषु लोकः ॥ ४८ ॥

jighāṃsayānyaḥ prasasāra ruṣṭo gadāṃ gṛhītvābhimukho mahārṣeḥ |
so 'prāptakālo vivaśaḥ papāta doṣeṣvivānarthakareṣu lokaḥ || 48 ||

Another, full of anger, rushed towards the great saint, having seized a club with a desire to smite him; but he fell powerless without finding an opportunity, like mankind in the presence of faults which cause failure.

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

Jighamsa, Ani, Sara, Rushta, Gada, Grihitva, Abhimukha, Maharshi, Sah, Apraptakala, Vivasha, Dosha, Iva, Anarthakara, Loka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “jighāṃsayānyaḥ prasasāra ruṣṭo gadāṃ gṛhītvābhimukho mahārṣeḥ
  • jighāṃsayā -
  • jighāṃsā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • anyaḥ -
  • anī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • prasa -
  • pras (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sāra -
  • sāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ruṣṭo* -
  • ruṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ruṣ -> ruṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ruṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ruṣ class 4 verb]
    ruś -> ruṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ruś class 6 verb]
  • gadām -
  • gadā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • gṛhītvā -
  • gṛhītvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    grah -> gṛhītvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √grah]
  • abhimukho* -
  • abhimukha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahārṣeḥ -
  • mahārṣi (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “so 'prāptakālo vivaśaḥ papāta doṣeṣvivānarthakareṣu lokaḥ
  • so' -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aprāptakālo* -
  • aprāptakāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vivaśaḥ -
  • vivaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • papāta -
  • (verb class 3)
    [imperative active second plural]
    pat (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    pat (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • doṣeṣvi -
  • doṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • ivā -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • anarthakareṣu -
  • anarthakara (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    anarthakara (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • lokaḥ -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 13.48

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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