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 1.88

< Previous

Next >

दशसु परिणतेष्वहःसु चैवं प्रयतमनाः परया मुदा परीतः ।
अकुरुत जपहोममङ्गलाद्याः परमतमाः स सुतस्य देवतेज्याः ॥ ८८ ॥

daśasu pariṇateṣvahaḥsu caivaṃ prayatamanāḥ parayā mudā parītaḥ |
akuruta japahomamaṅgalādyāḥ paramatamāḥ sa sutasya devatejyāḥ || 88 ||

When ten days were fulfilled after his son's birth, with his thoughts kept under restraint, and filled with excessive joy, he offered for his son most elaborate sacrifices to the gods with muttered prayers, oblations, and all kinds of auspicious ceremonies.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dashan, Parinata, Ahan, Evam, Eva, Prayata, Ana, Para, Mud, Muda, Parita, Japahoma, Anga, Lat, Paramata, Suta, Devatejya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.88). 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: “daśasu pariṇateṣvahaḥsu caivaṃ prayatamanāḥ parayā mudā parītaḥ ”
daśasu -
daśan (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

daśan (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
pariṇateṣva -
pariṇata (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

pariṇata (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ahaḥsu -
ahan (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prayatam -
prayata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prayata (noun, neuter)

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

prayatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anāḥ -
ana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
parayā -
parā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
mudā -
mud (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mudā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
parītaḥ -
parīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “akuruta japahomamaṅgalādyāḥ paramatamāḥ sa sutasya devatejyāḥ ”
akuruta -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
japahomam -
japahoma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
aṅga -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
lād -
la (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√lā -> lāt (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √lā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √lā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √lā class 2 verb]
yāḥ -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
paramatam -
paramata (noun, neuter)

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

paramatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

o (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sutasya -
suta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

suta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> suta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √sū class 2 verb]
devatejyāḥ -
devatejyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]