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 1.23

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सातः पुरजना देवी कदाचिदथ लुम्बिनीम् ।
जगामानुमते राज्ञः सम्भूतोत्तमदोहदा ॥ २३ ॥

sātaḥ purajanā devī kadācidatha lumbinīm |
jagāmānumate rājñaḥ sambhūtottamadohadā || 23 ||

Then one day by the king's permission the queen, having a great longing in her. mind, went with the inmates of the gynaeceum into the garden Lumbini.
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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 (1.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sata, Sat, Purajana, Devi, Devin, Kadacit, Atha, Lumbini, Anumate, Anumata, Anumati, Rajan, Sambhuta, Uttama, Doha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.23). 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: “sātaḥ purajanā devī kadācidatha lumbinīm ”
sātaḥ -
sāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sāt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√san -> sāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √san class 1 verb], [nominative single from √san class 8 verb]
purajanā* -
purajana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
devī -
devī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

devin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kadācid -
kadācit (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
lumbinīm -
lumbinī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “jagāmānumate rājñaḥ sambhūtottamadohadā ”
jagāmā -
√gā (verb class 3)

[imperative active first plural]

√gam (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√gam (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√gam (verb class 3)

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

[indeclinable]

anumata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

anumata (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

anumatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

anumati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
rājñaḥ -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
sambhūto -
sambhūta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sambhūta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sambhūtā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

doha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√duh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
dā -
dā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]