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 4.80

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करालजनकश्चैव हृत्वा ब्राह्मणकन्यकाम् ।
अवाप भ्रंशम् अप्येव न तु त्यजेच्च मन्मथम् ॥ ८० ॥

karālajanakaścaiva hṛtvā brāhmaṇakanyakām |
avāpa bhraṃśam apyeva na tu tyajecca manmatham || 80 ||

'And so Karalajanaka, when he carried off the Brahman's daughter, incurred loss of caste thereby, but he would not give up his 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 (4.80). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karalajanaka, Brahmanaka, Nyak, Avapa, Bhramsha, Api, Apya, Eva, Manmatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.80). 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: “karālajanakaścaiva hṛtvā brāhmaṇakanyakām ”
karālajanakaś -
karālajanaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
hṛtvā -
√hṛ -> hṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √hṛ]
brāhmaṇaka -
brāhmaṇaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nyak -
nyak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ām -
ā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “avāpa bhraṃśam apyeva na tu tyajecca manmatham ”
avāpa -
avāpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avāpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhraṃśam -
bhraṃśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
apye -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

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

apya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

apyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tyajec -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
manmatham -
manmatha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

manmathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]