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 2.51

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स्वायम्भुवं चार्चिकमर्चयित्वा जजाप पुत्रस्थितये स्थितश्रीः ।
चकार कर्माणि च दुष्कराणि प्रजाः सिसृक्षुः क इवादिकाले ॥ ५१ ॥

svāyambhuvaṃ cārcikamarcayitvā jajāpa putrasthitaye sthitaśrīḥ |
cakāra karmāṇi ca duṣkarāṇi prajāḥ sisṛkṣuḥ ka ivādikāle || 51 ||

Having offered worship, he whose own glory was secure muttered repetitions of Vedic texts to Svayambhu for the safety of his son, and performed various ceremonies hard to be accomplished, like the god Ka in the first aeon wishing to create living beings.
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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 (2.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svayambhuva, Svayambhu, Carcika, Putra, Sthiti, Sthita, Shri, Cakara, Karman, Dushkara, Praja, Prajas, Sisrikshu, Kah, Iva, Adikala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.51). 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: “svāyambhuvaṃ cārcikamarcayitvā jajāpa putrasthitaye sthitaśrīḥ ”
svāyambhuvam -
svāyambhuva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svāyambhuva (noun, neuter)

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

svāyambhuvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

svāyambhū (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
cārcikam -
cārcika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cārcika (noun, neuter)

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

cārcikā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
arcayitvā -
√ṛc -> arcayitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ṛc]

√ṛc -> arcayitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ṛc]
jajāpa -
√jap (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sthitaye -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
sthita -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sthita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
śrīḥ -
śrī (noun, feminine)

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

śrī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
Line 2: “cakāra karmāṇi ca duṣkarāṇi prajāḥ sisṛkṣuḥ ka ivādikāle ”
cakāra -
cakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
karmāṇi -
karman (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
duṣkarāṇi -
duṣkara (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
prajāḥ -
praja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prajā (noun, feminine)

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

prajas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sisṛkṣuḥ -
sisṛkṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sisṛkṣu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ka* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ādikāle -
ādikāla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]