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 2.33

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नृपस्तु तस्यैव विवृद्धिहेतोस्तद्भाविनार्थेन च चोद्यमानः ।
शमे ऽभिरेमे विरराम पापाद्भेजे दमं संविबभाज साधून् ॥ ३३ ॥

nṛpastu tasyaiva vivṛddhihetostadbhāvinārthena ca codyamānaḥ |
śame 'bhireme virarāma pāpādbheje damaṃ saṃvibabhāja sādhūn || 33 ||

Meanwhile the king for the sake of ensuring his son's prosperity and stirred in heart by the destiny which had been predicted for him, delighted himself in perfect calm, ceased from all evil, practised all self-restraint, and rewarded the good.
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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 (2.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nripa, Tad, Tas, Hetu, Tat, Bhavin, Bhavina, Bhavi, Artha, Codyamana, Shama, Shami, Abhira, Iyam, Idam, Vira, Rama, Papa, Dama, Sadhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.33). 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: “nṛpastu tasyaiva vivṛddhihetostadbhāvinārthena ca codyamānaḥ ”
nṛpas -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tasyai -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tas (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single], [imperative passive first single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vivṛddhi -
vivṛddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
hetos -
hetu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhāvinā -
bhāvina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāvina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāvin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhāvin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

bhāvī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
arthena -
artha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
codyamānaḥ -
√cud -> codyamāna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √cud]
Line 2: “śame 'bhireme virarāma pāpādbheje damaṃ saṃvibabhāja sādhūn ”
śame' -
śama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śama (noun, neuter)

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

śamā (noun, feminine)

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

śami (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
abhire -
abhira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

abhira (noun, neuter)

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

abhirā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ime -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
vira -
vira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vira (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

rāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
pāpād -
pāpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pāpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
bheje -
√bhaj (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
damam -
dama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dama (noun, neuter)

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

damā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
saṃvi -
saṃvi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
babhāja -
√bhaj (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
sādhūn -
sādhu (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]