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 5.83

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पितरमभिमुखं सुतं च बालं जनमनुरक्तमनुत्तमां च लक्ष्मीम् ।
कृतमतिरपहाय निर्व्यपेक्षः पितृनगरात् स ततो विनिर्जगाम ॥ ८३ ॥

pitaramabhimukhaṃ sutaṃ ca bālaṃ janamanuraktamanuttamāṃ ca lakṣmīm |
kṛtamatirapahāya nirvyapekṣaḥ pitṛnagarāt sa tato vinirjagāma || 83 ||

Firm in his resolve and leaving behind without hesitation his father who turned ever towards him, and his young son, his affectionate people and his unparalleled magnificence, he then went forth out of his father's city.
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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 (5.83). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pitri, Abhimukham, Abhimukha, Sut, Suta, Bala, Jana, Anurakta, Anuttama, Lakshmi, Kritamati, Apahaya, Apaha, Nirvyapeksha, Nagara, Tatah, Tad, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.83). 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: “pitaramabhimukhaṃ sutaṃ ca bālaṃ janamanuraktamanuttamāṃ ca lakṣmīm ”
pitaram -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
abhimukham -
abhimukham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

abhimukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

abhimukha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sutam -
suta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

suta (noun, neuter)

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

sutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sut (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb], [accusative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb], [accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb], [accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bālam -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bāla (noun, neuter)

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

bālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
janam -
jana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jana (noun, neuter)

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

janā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anuraktam -
anurakta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anurakta (noun, neuter)

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

anuraktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anuttamām -
anuttamā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lakṣmīm -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “kṛtamatirapahāya nirvyapekṣaḥ pitṛnagarāt sa tato vinirjagāma ”
kṛtamatir -
kṛtamati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kṛtamati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apahāya -
apahāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

apaha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

apaha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
nirvyapekṣaḥ -
nirvyapekṣa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
nagarāt -
nagarāt (adverb)

[adverb]

nagara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

nagara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (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]
vinir -
vinis (Preverb)

[Preverb]
jagāma -
√gā (verb class 3)

[imperative active first plural]

√gam (verb class 1)

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

√gam (verb class 2)

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

√gam (verb class 3)

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