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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 13.50
कश्चित्प्रदीप्तं प्रणिधाय चक्षुर्नेत्राग्निनाशीविषवद्दिधक्षुः ।
तत्रैव नासीत्तमृषिं ददर्श कामात्मकः श्रेय इवोपदिष्टम् ॥ ५० ॥
kaścitpradīptaṃ praṇidhāya cakṣurnetrāgnināśīviṣavaddidhakṣuḥ |
tatraiva nāsīttamṛṣiṃ dadarśa kāmātmakaḥ śreya ivopadiṣṭam || 50 ||
Another, fixing a kindling eye, wished to burn him with the fire of his glance like a poisonous serpent; but he saw the sage and lo! he was not there, like the votary of pleasure when true happiness is pointed out to him.
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 (13.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kah, Cit, Pradipta, Prani, Dha, Dhaya, Cakshu, Cakshus, Netri, Netra, Agni, Ashivisha, Didhakshu, Tatraiva, Nasi, Tta, Rishi, Kamatman, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Iva, Upadishta,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.50). 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: “kaścitpradīptaṃ praṇidhāya cakṣurnetrāgnināśīviṣavaddidhakṣuḥ ”
- kaś -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cit -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- pradīptam -
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pradīpta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pradīpta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pradīptā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- praṇi -
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praṇī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]praṇī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- dhāya -
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dhāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dhāya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√dhā -> dhāya (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> dhāya (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> dhāya (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> dhāya (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]dha (noun, masculine)[dative single]dha (noun, neuter)[dative single]√dhā (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- cakṣur -
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cakṣus (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cakṣus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cakṣu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√kṣai (verb class 1)[perfect active third plural]
- netrā -
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netra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]netra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]netṛ (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- agninā -
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agni (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- āśīviṣa -
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āśīviṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- va -
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u (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]ū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[adverb]au (noun, feminine)[adverb]au (noun, masculine)[adverb]va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ad -
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ad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- didhakṣuḥ -
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didhakṣu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]didhakṣu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “tatraiva nāsīttamṛṣiṃ dadarśa kāmātmakaḥ śreya ivopadiṣṭam ”
- tatraiva -
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tatraiva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]
- nāsī -
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nāsī (noun, masculine)[compound]nāsī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]nāsi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]nāsi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ttam -
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tta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ttā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ṛṣim -
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ṛṣi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- dadarśa -
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√dṛś (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
- kāmātma -
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kāmātman (noun, masculine)[compound]kāmātman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kaḥ -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śreya* -
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śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]śreyas (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]śreyas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
- ivo -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- upadiṣṭam -
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upadiṣṭa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]upadiṣṭa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]upadiṣṭā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 13.50
The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)
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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Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)
Sanskrit text with English Translation
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