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 5.31

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विषयेषु कुतूहलेन्द्रियस्य व्रतखेदेष्वसमर्थनिश्चयस्य ।
तरुणस्य मनश्चलत्यरण्यादनभिज्ञस्य विशेषतो ऽविवेकम् ॥ ३१ ॥

viṣayeṣu kutūhalendriyasya vratakhedeṣvasamarthaniścayasya |
taruṇasya manaścalatyaraṇyādanabhijñasya viśeṣato 'vivekam || 31 ||

'The mind of the thoughtless ignorant young man whose senses are eager for worldly objects, and who has no power of settled resolution for the hardships of vows of penance, shrinks back from the forest, for it is especially destitute of discrimination.
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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 (5.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishaya, Kutuhala, Indriya, Vrata, Kheda, Asamartha, Nishcaya, Taruna, Mana, Manas, Aranya, Anabhijna, Visheshatah, Visheshatas, Avivekam, Aviveka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.31). 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: “viṣayeṣu kutūhalendriyasya vratakhedeṣvasamarthaniścayasya ”
viṣayeṣu -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
kutūhale -
kutūhala (noun, masculine)

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

kutūhala (noun, neuter)

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

kutūhalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
indriyasya -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vrata -
vrata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vrata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
khedeṣva -
kheda (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
asamartha -
asamartha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asamartha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niścayasya -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
Line 2: “taruṇasya manaścalatyaraṇyādanabhijñasya viśeṣato 'vivekam ”
taruṇasya -
taruṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

taruṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
manaś -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
calatya -
√cal (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
araṇyād -
araṇya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

araṇya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
anabhijñasya -
anabhijña (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

anabhijña (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
viśeṣato' -
viśeṣataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viśeṣatas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
avivekam -
avivekam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

aviveka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]