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 6.15

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जरामरणनाशार्थं प्रविष्टो ऽस्मि तपोवनम् ।
न खलु स्वर्गतर्षेण नास्नेहेन न मन्युना ॥ १५ ॥

jarāmaraṇanāśārthaṃ praviṣṭo 'smi tapovanam |
na khalu svargatarṣeṇa nāsnehena na manyunā || 15 ||

'"I have entered the ascetic-wood to destroy old age and death,—with no thirst for heaven, with no lack of love nor feeling of anger.
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 (6.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jaramarana, Nashartha, Pravishta, Tapovana, Khalu, Svargatarsha, Nri, Asneha, Manyu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.15). 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: “jarāmaraṇanāśārthaṃ praviṣṭo 'smi tapovanam ”
jarāmaraṇa -
jarāmaraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jarāmaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāśārtham -
nāśārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nāśārtha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
praviṣṭo' -
praviṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
tapovanam -
tapovana (noun, neuter)

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

tapovanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “na khalu svargatarṣeṇa nāsnehena na manyunā ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

khalu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

khalu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

khalu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
svargatarṣeṇa -
svargatarṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asnehena -
asneha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

asneha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
manyunā -
manyu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]