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 4.26
राज्ञस्तु विनियोगेन कुमारस्य च मार्दवात् ।
जह्रुः क्षिप्रमविश्रम्भं मदेन मदनेन च ॥ २६ ॥
rājñastu viniyogena kumārasya ca mārdavāt |
jahruḥ kṣipramaviśrambhaṃ madena madanena ca || 26 ||
But they soon regained their confidence through the command of the king and the gentle temperament of the prince, and through the power of intoxication and of love.
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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 (4.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Rajan, Viniyoga, Kumara, Mardava, Kshipram, Kshipra, Avishrambha, Mada, Madana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.26). 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: “rājñastu viniyogena kumārasya ca mārdavāt ”
- rājñas -
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rājan (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- viniyogena -
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viniyoga (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- kumārasya -
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kumāra (noun, masculine)[genitive single]kumāra (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mārdavāt -
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mārdava (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]mārdava (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- Line 2: “jahruḥ kṣipramaviśrambhaṃ madena madanena ca ”
- jahruḥ -
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√hṛ (verb class 1)[perfect active third plural]
- kṣipram -
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kṣipram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kṣipra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṣipra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṣiprā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- aviśrambham -
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aviśrambha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- madena -
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mada (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]mada (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- madanena -
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madana (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]madana (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 4.26
The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)
Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)
Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence
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Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)
Sanskrit text with English Translation
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