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 2.9

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शरीरसन्देहकरे ऽपि काले सङ्ग्रामसंमर्द इव प्रवृत्ते ।
स्वस्थाः सुखं चैव निरामयं च प्रजज्ञिरे गर्भधराश्च नार्यः ॥ ९ ॥

śarīrasandehakare 'pi kāle saṅgrāmasaṃmarda iva pravṛtte |
svasthāḥ sukhaṃ caiva nirāmayaṃ ca prajajñire garbhadharāśca nāryaḥ || 9 ||

Even at that crisis which threatens danger to the body like the collision of battle, pregnant women brought forth in good health, in safety, and without sickness.
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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 (2.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sharira, Sandeha, Kari, Kara, Api, Kale, Kala, Sangrama, Marda, Iva, Pravritta, Pravritti, Svastha, Sukham, Sukha, Niramaya, Prajajni, Garbhadhara, Nari, Narya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.9). 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: “śarīrasandehakare 'pi kāle saṅgrāmasaṃmarda iva pravṛtte ”
śarīra -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
kare' -
kari (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

kari (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

kara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kara (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kāle -
kāle (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

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

kālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
saṅgrāma -
saṅgrāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṅgrāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃ -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
marda* -
marda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pravṛtte -
pravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pravṛtta (noun, neuter)

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

pravṛttā (noun, feminine)

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

pravṛtti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “svasthāḥ sukhaṃ caiva nirāmayaṃ ca prajajñire garbhadharāśca nāryaḥ ”
svasthāḥ -
svastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

svasthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sukham -
sukham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

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

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
nirāmayam -
nirāmaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nirāmaya (noun, neuter)

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

nirāmayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

prajajñi (noun, neuter)

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

prajajñi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
re -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

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

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
garbhadharāś -
garbhadharā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāryaḥ -
nārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√nṝ -> nārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √nṝ class 9 verb]