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 4.64

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अहितात् प्रतिषेधश्च हिते चानुप्रवर्तनम् ।
व्यसने चापरित्यागस्त्रिविधं मित्रलक्षणम् ॥ ६४ ॥

ahitāt pratiṣedhaśca hite cānupravartanam |
vyasane cāparityāgastrividhaṃ mitralakṣaṇam || 64 ||

'To hinder from what is disadvantageous,—to urge to what is advantageous,—and not to forsake in misfortune,—these are the three marks of a friend.
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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 (4.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahita, Pratishedha, Hita, Hiti, Anupravartana, Vyasana, Capa, Rit, Agas, Trividha, Mitra, Lakshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.64). 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: “ahitāt pratiṣedhaśca hite cānupravartanam ”
ahitāt -
ahita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ahita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
pratiṣedhaś -
pratiṣedha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hite -
hita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

hita (noun, neuter)

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

hitā (noun, feminine)

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

hiti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√hi -> hita (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √hi class 5 verb]

√hi -> hita (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √hi class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √hi class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √hi class 5 verb], [locative single from √hi class 5 verb]

√hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √hi class 5 verb], [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √hi class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √hi class 5 verb]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anupravartanam -
anupravartana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “vyasane cāparityāgastrividhaṃ mitralakṣaṇam ”
vyasane -
vyasana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
cāpa -
cāpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cāpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rityā -
rit (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

rit (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
āgas -
āgas (noun, neuter)

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

√ag (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
trividham -
trividha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

trividha (noun, neuter)

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

trividhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mitra -
mitra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mitra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lakṣaṇam -
lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]