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 1.90

बहुविधविषयास्ततो यतात्मा स्वहृदयतोषकरीः क्रिया विधाय ।
गुणवति दिवसे शिवे मुहूर्ते मतिमकरोन्मुदितः पुरप्रवेशे ॥ ९० ॥

bahuvidhaviṣayāstato yatātmā svahṛdayatoṣakarīḥ kriyā vidhāya |
guṇavati divase śive muhūrte matimakaronmuditaḥ purapraveśe || 90 ||

Then he, with his soul under strict restraint, having performed all kinds of ceremonies which rejoiced his heart, on a fortunate day, in an auspicious moment, gladly determined to enter his city.

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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 (1.90). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bahuvidha, Vishaya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Yatatman, Sva, Svan, Ahridaya, Toshaka, Kriya, Vidha, Gunavat, Gunavati, Divasa, Shiva, Shivi, Muhurta, Mati, Mudita, Pura, Pravesha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “bahuvidhaviṣayāstato yatātmā svahṛdayatoṣakarīḥ kriyā vidhāya
  • bahuvidha -
  • bahuvidha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bahuvidha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • viṣayās -
  • viṣaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • yatātmā -
  • yatātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sva -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ahṛdaya -
  • ahṛdaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ahṛdaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • toṣaka -
  • toṣaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    toṣaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rīḥ -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • kriyā* -
  • kriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ (verb class 1)
    [benedictive active second single]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [benedictive active second single]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [benedictive active second single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [benedictive active second single]
  • vidhāya -
  • vidha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vidha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “guṇavati divase śive muhūrte matimakaronmuditaḥ purapraveśe
  • guṇavati -
  • guṇavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    guṇavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    guṇavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • divase -
  • divasa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śive -
  • śiva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śiva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śivā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śivi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    śivi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • muhūrte -
  • muhūrta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    muhūrtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • matim -
  • mati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    mati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • akaron -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • muditaḥ -
  • mudita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mud class 1 verb]
    mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mud class 10 verb]
  • pura -
  • pura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pur (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • praveśe -
  • praveśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    praveśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 1.90

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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