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 13.65

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क्षमाशिफो धैर्यविगाढमूलश्चारित्रपुष्पः स्मृतिबुद्धिशाखः ।
ज्ञानद्रुमो धर्मफलप्रदाता नोत्पाटनं ह्यर्हति वर्धमानः ॥ ६५ ॥

kṣamāśipho dhairyavigāḍhamūlaścāritrapuṣpaḥ smṛtibuddhiśākhaḥ |
jñānadrumo dharmaphalapradātā notpāṭanaṃ hyarhati vardhamānaḥ || 65 ||

'The tree of knowledge, whose roots go deep in firmness, and whose fibres are patience,—whose flowers are moral actions and whose branches are memory and thought,—and which gives out the law as its fruit,—surely when it is growing it should not be cut down.
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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 (13.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshamashipha, Dhairya, Vigadha, Mula, Caritra, Pushpa, Shakha, Jnana, Druma, Dharmaphala, Pradata, Nri, Utpatana, Arhat, Vardhamana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.65). 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: “kṣamāśipho dhairyavigāḍhamūlaścāritrapuṣpaḥ smṛtibuddhiśākhaḥ ”
kṣamāśipho* -
kṣamāśipha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhairya -
dhairya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vigāḍha -
vigāḍha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vigāḍha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mūlaś -
mūla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cāritra -
cāritra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cāritra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puṣpaḥ -
puṣpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛti -
smṛti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
buddhi -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
śākhaḥ -
śākha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jñānadrumo dharmaphalapradātā notpāṭanaṃ hyarhati vardhamānaḥ ”
jñāna -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
drumo* -
druma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dharmaphala -
dharmaphala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dharmaphala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pradātā* -
pradātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
no -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
utpāṭanam -
utpāṭana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

utpāṭana (noun, neuter)

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

utpāṭanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
arhati -
arhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√arh (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
vardhamānaḥ -
vardhamāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vṛdh -> vardhamāna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]