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 5.66

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इति तस्य तदन्तरं विदित्वा निशि निश्चिक्रमिषा समुद्बभूव ।
अवगम्य मनस्ततो ऽस्य देवैर्भवनद्वारमपावृतं बभूव ॥ ६६ ॥

iti tasya tadantaraṃ viditvā niśi niścikramiṣā samudbabhūva |
avagamya manastato 'sya devairbhavanadvāramapāvṛtaṃ babhūva || 66 ||

Thus to him having recognised that difference there arose a desire to escape in the night; and then the gods, knowing his purpose, caused the door of the palace to fly open.
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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 (5.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Tad, Tadanta, Nish, Nishi, Nishcikramisha, Samud, Avagamya, Mana, Manas, Tatah, Tata, Idam, Deva, Bhavanadvara, Apavrit, Apavrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.66). 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: “iti tasya tadantaraṃ viditvā niśi niścikramiṣā samudbabhūva ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
tadanta -
tadanta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tadanta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ram -
ra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

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

rā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viditvā -
√vid -> viditvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vid]
niśi -
niśi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

niśi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

niśi (noun, neuter)

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

niś (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
niścikramiṣā -
niścikramiṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
samud -
samud (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

samud (noun, neuter)

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

samud (Preverb)

[Preverb]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “avagamya manastato 'sya devairbhavanadvāramapāvṛtaṃ babhūva ”
avagamya -
avagamya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avagamya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
manas -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tato' -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
devair -
deva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

deva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
bhavanadvāram -
bhavanadvāra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
apāvṛtam -
apāvṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apāvṛta (noun, neuter)

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

apāvṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

apāvṛt (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

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