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 4.13

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तासामेवंविधानां वो नियुक्तानां स्वगोचरे ।
इयमेवंविधा चेष्टा न तुष्टो ऽस्म्यार्जवेन वः ॥ १३ ॥

tāsāmevaṃvidhānāṃ vo niyuktānāṃ svagocare |
iyamevaṃvidhā ceṣṭā na tuṣṭo 'smyārjavena vaḥ || 13 ||

'You thus skilled as ye are, each set in her own proper sphere,—such as this is your power,—I am not satisfied with your simplicity [when you profess to find him beyond your reach].
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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 (4.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evamvidha, Yushmad, Niyukta, Svagocara, Iyam, Idam, Ceshta, Tushta, Arjava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.13). 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: “tāsāmevaṃvidhānāṃ vo niyuktānāṃ svagocare ”
tāsām -
sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
evaṃvidhānām -
evaṃvidha (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

evaṃvidha (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

evaṃvidhā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
vo* -
va (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
niyuktānām -
niyukta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

niyukta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

niyuktā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
svagocare -
svagocara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

svagocara (noun, neuter)

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

svagocarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “iyamevaṃvidhā ceṣṭā na tuṣṭo 'smyārjavena vaḥ ”
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evaṃvidhā -
evaṃvidhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ceṣṭā* -
ceṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ceṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tuṣṭo' -
tuṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tuṣ -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]

√tus -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tus class 1 verb]

√tuś -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tuś class 1 verb]
asmyā -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
ārjavena -
ārjava (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ārjava (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vaḥ -
va (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]