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 1.46

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यद्राजशास्त्रं भृगुरङ्गिरा वा न चक्रतुर्वंशकरावृषी तौ ।
तयोः सुतौ तौ च ससर्जतुस्तत्कालेन शुक्रश्च बृहस्पतिश्च ॥ ४६ ॥

yadrājaśāstraṃ bhṛguraṅgirā vā na cakraturvaṃśakarāvṛṣī tau |
tayoḥ sutau tau ca sasarjatustatkālena śukraśca bṛhaspatiśca || 46 ||

'That royal law which neither Bhrigu nor Angiras ever made, those two great seers the founders of families, their two sons Shukra and Vrihaspati left revealed at the end.
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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 (1.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yat, Yad, Rajashastra, Bhrigu, Angira, Angiras, Var, Vamshakara, Rishi, Tad, Sut, Suta, Suti, Tatkala, Shukra, Brihaspati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.46). 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: “yadrājaśāstraṃ bhṛguraṅgirā vā na cakraturvaṃśakarāvṛṣī tau ”
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
rājaśāstram -
rājaśāstra (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]
aṅgirā* -
aṅgira (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aṅgiras (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

aṅgirā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cakratur -
√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active third dual]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active third dual]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active third dual]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active third dual]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active third dual]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active third dual]
vaṃśakarāvṛ -
vaṃśakara (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ṛṣī -
ṛṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “tayoḥ sutau tau ca sasarjatustatkālena śukraśca bṛhaspatiśca ”
tayoḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
sutau -
sut (noun, masculine)

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

suta (noun, masculine)

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

suti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √su class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √su class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √sū class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √sū class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √sū class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √sū class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √sū class 2 verb]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sasarjatus -
√sarj (verb class 1)

[perfect active third dual]
tatkālena -
tatkāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

tatkāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śukraś -
śukra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bṛhaspatiś -
bṛhaspati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]