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 4.54

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एवमाक्षिप्यमाणो ऽपि स तु धैर्यावृतेन्द्रियः ।
मर्तव्यमिति सोद्वेगो न जहर्ष न सिस्मिये ॥ ५४ ॥

evamākṣipyamāṇo 'pi sa tu dhairyāvṛtendriyaḥ |
martavyamiti sodvego na jaharṣa na sismiye || 54 ||

But although thus attacked, he, having his senses guarded by self-control, neither rejoiced nor smiled, thinking anxiously, 'One must die.'
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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 (4.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Kshipyamana, Api, Dhairya, Avrita, Indriya, Martavya, Iti, Sodvega,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.54). 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: “evamākṣipyamāṇo 'pi sa tu dhairyāvṛtendriyaḥ ”
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṣipyamāṇo' -
kṣipyamāṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṣip -> kṣipyamāṇa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṣip class 4 verb], [nominative single from √kṣip class 6 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
dhairyā -
dhairya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
avṛte -
avṛta (noun, masculine)

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

avṛta (noun, neuter)

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

avṛtā (noun, feminine)

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

√vṛt (verb class 1)

[aorist middle first single]
indriyaḥ -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “martavyamiti sodvego na jaharṣa na sismiye ”
martavyam -
martavya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

martavya (noun, neuter)

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

martavyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√mṛ -> martavya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> martavya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sodvego* -
sodvega (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jaharṣa -
√hṛṣ (verb class 1)

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

√hṛṣ (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse sismiye