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 1.87

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नरपतिरपि पुत्रजन्मतुष्टो विषयमतानि विमुच्य बन्धनानि ।
कुलसदृशमचीकरद्यथावत्प्रियतनयं तनयस्य जातकर्म ॥ ८७ ॥

narapatirapi putrajanmatuṣṭo viṣayamatāni vimucya bandhanāni |
kulasadṛśamacīkaradyathāvatpriyatanayaṃ tanayasya jātakarma || 87 ||

The monarch also, being well-pleased at the birth of a son, having thrown off all those bonds called worldly objects, caused his son to go through the usual birth-ceremonies in a manner worthy of the family.
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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 (1.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Narapati, Api, Putra, Janma, Janman, Tushta, Vishaya, Bandhana, Kulasa, Drisham, Drisha, Drish, Tha, Avat, Priyatanaya, Tanaya, Jatakarman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.87). 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: “narapatirapi putrajanmatuṣṭo viṣayamatāni vimucya bandhanāni ”
narapatir -
narapati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
putra -
putra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
janma -
janma (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

janma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

janman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tuṣṭo* -
tuṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tuṣ -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]

√tus -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tus class 1 verb]

√tuś -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tuś class 1 verb]
viṣayam -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
atāni -
√at (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
vimucya -
bandhanāni -
bandhana (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “kulasadṛśamacīkaradyathāvatpriyatanayaṃ tanayasya jātakarma ”
kulasa -
kulasa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kulasa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛśam -
dṛśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dṛś (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

dṛś (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
cīka -
√cīk (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
radya -
√rad -> radya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √rad]
thā -
tha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

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

[compound]

avat (noun, neuter)

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

√u -> avat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb]
priyatanayam -
priyatanaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

priyatanaya (noun, neuter)

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

priyatanayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tanayasya -
tanaya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

tanaya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
jātakarma -
jātakarman (noun, neuter)

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