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 6.20

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भवन्ति ह्यर्थदायादाः पुरुषस्य विपर्यये ।
पृथिव्यां धर्मदायादा दुर्लभास्तु न सन्ति वा ॥ २० ॥

bhavanti hyarthadāyādāḥ puruṣasya viparyaye |
pṛthivyāṃ dharmadāyādā durlabhāstu na santi vā || 20 ||

'"At a man's death there are doubtless heirs to his wealth; but heirs to his merit are hard to find on the earth or exist not at all.
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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 (6.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Arthadayada, Purusha, Viparyaye, Viparyaya, Prithivi, Dharmada, Ada, Durlabha, Sat, Santi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.20). 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: “bhavanti hyarthadāyādāḥ puruṣasya viparyaye ”
bhavanti -
bhavanti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhavantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
arthadāyādāḥ -
arthadāyāda (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
puruṣasya -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
viparyaye -
viparyaye (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viparyaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

viparyaya (noun, neuter)

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

viparyayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “pṛthivyāṃ dharmadāyādā durlabhāstu na santi vā ”
pṛthivyām -
pṛthivi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

pṛthivī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
dharmadāyā -
dharmada (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

dharmada (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
adā* -
ada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

adā (noun, feminine)

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

√dā (verb class 1)

[aorist active second single]

√dā (verb class 3)

[aorist active second single]

√dā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single], [aorist active second single]

√dā (verb class 4)

[aorist active second single]
durlabhās -
durlabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

durlabhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
santi -
santi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

santi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

santi (noun, neuter)

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

sat (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]