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 2.17

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एवंविधा राजसुतस्य तस्य सर्वार्थसिद्धिश्च यतो बभूव ।
ततो नृपस्तस्य सुतस्य नाम सर्वार्थसिद्धो ऽयमिति प्रचक्रे ॥ १७ ॥

evaṃvidhā rājasutasya tasya sarvārthasiddhiśca yato babhūva |
tato nṛpastasya sutasya nāma sarvārthasiddho 'yamiti pracakre || 17 ||

Since at the birth of this son of the king such a universal accomplishment of all objects took place, the king in consequence caused the prince's name to be Sarvarthasiddha.
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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 (2.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evamvidha, Rajasuta, Tad, Sarvarthasiddhi, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Tatah, Tata, Nripa, Suta, Naman, Sarvarthasiddha, Aya, Idam, Iti, Pracakra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.17). 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: “evaṃvidhā rājasutasya tasya sarvārthasiddhiśca yato babhūva ”
evaṃvidhā* -
evaṃvidha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

evaṃvidhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
rājasutasya -
rājasuta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
sarvārthasiddhiś -
sarvārthasiddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

sarvārthasiddhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yato* -
yataḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “tato nṛpastasya sutasya nāma sarvārthasiddho 'yamiti pracakre ”
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]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
nṛpas -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second 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]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sarvārthasiddho' -
sarvārthasiddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
pracakre -
pracakra (noun, neuter)

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