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 13.51

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गुर्वीं शिलामुद्यमयंस्तथान्यः शश्राम मोघं विहतप्रयत्नः ।
निःश्रेयसं ज्ञानसमाधिगम्यं कायक्लमैर्धर्ममिवाप्तुकामः ॥ ५१ ॥

gurvīṃ śilāmudyamayaṃstathānyaḥ śaśrāma moghaṃ vihataprayatnaḥ |
niḥśreyasaṃ jñānasamādhigamyaṃ kāyaklamairdharmamivāptukāmaḥ || 51 ||

Another, lifting up a heavy rock, wearied himself to no purpose, having his efforts baffled,—like one who wishes to obtain by bodily fatigue that condition of supreme happiness which is only to be reached by meditation and knowledge.
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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 (13.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gurvi, Shila, Udyama, Yat, Tatha, Mogham, Mogha, Vihata, Prayatna, Nihshreyasa, Jnanasamadhi, Gamya, Kayaklama, Dharma, Iva, Aptu, Kama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.51). 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: “gurvīṃ śilāmudyamayaṃstathānyaḥ śaśrāma moghaṃ vihataprayatnaḥ ”
gurvīm -
gurvī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śilām -
śilā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
udyama -
udyama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yaṃs -
yat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
tathānya -
tatha (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
śaśrāma -
√śram (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
mogham -
mogham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

mogha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mogha (noun, neuter)

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

moghā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vihata -
vihata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vihata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prayatnaḥ -
prayatna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “niḥśreyasaṃ jñānasamādhigamyaṃ kāyaklamairdharmamivāptukāmaḥ ”
niḥśreyasam -
niḥśreyasa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niḥśreyasa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
jñānasamādhi -
jñānasamādhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

jñānasamādhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

jñānasamādhi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
gamyam -
gamya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gamya (noun, neuter)

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

gamyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√gam -> gamya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √gam]

√gam -> gamya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √gam]

√gam -> gamyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √gam]

√gam -> gamya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √gam]

√gam -> gamya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √gam], [accusative single from √gam]
kāyaklamair -
kāyaklama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aptu -
aptu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

aptu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

aptu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kāmaḥ -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]