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 1.54

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अथौ निमित्तैश्च तपोबलाच्च तज्जन्म जन्मान्तकरस्य बुद्ध्वा ।
शाक्येश्वरस्यालयमाजगाम सद्धर्मतर्षादसितो महार्षिः ॥ ५४ ॥

athau nimittaiśca tapobalācca tajjanma janmāntakarasya buddhvā |
śākyeśvarasyālayamājagāma saddharmatarṣādasito mahārṣiḥ || 54 ||

Then having learned by signs and through the power of his penances this birth of him who was to destroy all birth, the great seer Asita in his thirst for the excellent Law came to the palace of the Shakya king.
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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 (1.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nimitta, Tapobala, Janmantakara, Buddhva, Shaki, Shakya, Ishvara, Alaya, Aja, Gama, Saddharma, Tarsha, Asita, Maharshi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.54). 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: “athau nimittaiśca tapobalācca tajjanma janmāntakarasya buddhvā ”
athau -
nimittaiś -
nimitta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tapobalāc -
tapobala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse tajjanma*ja
janmāntakarasya -
janmāntakara (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
buddhvā -
√budh -> buddhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √budh]

√budh -> buddhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √budh]

buddhvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śākyeśvarasyālayamājagāma saddharmatarṣādasito mahārṣiḥ ”
śākye -
śākya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

śākya (noun, neuter)

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

śākī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

śākyā (noun, feminine)

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

√śac -> śākya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb], [locative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √śac class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śac class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √śac class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √śac class 1 verb], [locative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śākyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śac class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √śac class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śac class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √śac class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √śac class 1 verb]
iśvarasyā -
iśvara (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

iśvara (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
alayam -
alaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

alaya (noun, neuter)

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

alayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√lay (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
āja -
āja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aj (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
gāma -
gāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√gā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural], [injunctive active first plural]

√gā (verb class 3)

[injunctive active first plural]

√gā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
saddharma -
saddharma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tarṣād -
tarṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
asito* -
asita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mahārṣiḥ -
mahārṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mahārṣi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]