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 4.95

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वञ्चयन्ति च यद्येव जातरागाः परस्परम् ।
ननु नैव क्षमं द्रष्टुं नराः स्त्रीणां नृणाम् स्त्रियः ॥ ९५ ॥

vañcayanti ca yadyeva jātarāgāḥ parasparam |
nanu naiva kṣamaṃ draṣṭuṃ narāḥ strīṇāṃ nṛṇām striyaḥ || 95 ||

'And if the victims of passion do deceive one another,—are not men unfit for women to look at and women for men?
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.95). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vancayat, Vancayanti, Yadi, Yad, Eva, Jataraga, Parasparam, Paraspara, Nanu, Naiva, Ksham, Kshama, Nara, Stri, Nri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.95). 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: “vañcayanti ca yadyeva jātarāgāḥ parasparam ”
vañcayanti -
√vañc -> vañcayantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √vañc]

√vañc -> vañcayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vañc], [vocative plural from √vañc], [accusative plural from √vañc]

√vañc -> vañcayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vañc]

√vañc (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yadye -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jātarāgāḥ -
jātarāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jātarāgā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
parasparam -
parasparam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paraspara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paraspara (noun, neuter)

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

parasparā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “nanu naiva kṣamaṃ draṣṭuṃ narāḥ strīṇāṃ nṛṇām striyaḥ ”
nanu -
nanu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kṣamam -
kṣama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣama (noun, neuter)

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

kṣamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kṣam (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
draṣṭum -
√dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dṛś]
narāḥ -
nara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

narā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
nṛṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
striyaḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]