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 2.52

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तत्ज्याज शस्त्रं विममर्श शास्त्रं शमं सिषेवे नियमं विषेहे ।
वशीव कञ्चिद्विषयं न भेजे पितेव सर्वान्विषयान् ददर्श ॥ ५२ ॥

tatjyāja śastraṃ vimamarśa śāstraṃ śamaṃ siṣeve niyamaṃ viṣehe |
vaśīva kañcidviṣayaṃ na bheje piteva sarvānviṣayān dadarśa || 52 ||

He laid aside weapons and pondered the Shastra, he practised perfect calm and underwent various observances, like a hermit he refused all objects of sense, he viewed all his kingdoms like a father.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Jya, Aja, Shastra, Ama, Risha, Shama, Niyama, Visha, Vish, Iha, Vashi, Vashin, Iva, Kanci, Dvisha, Yah, Pitri, Sarva, Vishaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.52). 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: “tatjyāja śastraṃ vimamarśa śāstraṃ śamaṃ siṣeve niyamaṃ viṣehe ”
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
jyā -
ji (noun, masculine)

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

ji (noun, neuter)

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

ji (noun, feminine)

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

jī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

jya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āja -
āja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aj (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
śastram -
śastra (noun, neuter)

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

śastra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
vim -
vi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
amar -
ama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

amā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ṛśa -
ṛśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śāstram -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śamam -
śama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śama (noun, neuter)

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

śamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
siṣeve -
√sev (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
niyamam -
niyama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
viṣe -
viṣā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viṣa (noun, masculine)

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

viṣa (noun, neuter)

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

viṣ (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

viṣ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

viṣ (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

viṣā (noun, feminine)

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

[locative single]

īhā (noun, feminine)

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

√īh (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
Line 2: “vaśīva kañcidviṣayaṃ na bheje piteva sarvānviṣayān dadarśa ”
vaśī -
vaśi (noun, masculine)

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

vaśi (noun, neuter)

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

vaśi (noun, feminine)

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

vaśī (noun, feminine)

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

vaśin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

vaśin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kañci -
kañcī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

kañcī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

kañcī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dviṣa -
dviṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dviṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bheje -
√bhaj (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
pite -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

√pi (verb class 2)

[present middle third single], [imperative active second plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sarvān -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
viṣayān -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dadarśa -
√dṛś (verb class 1)

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