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 6.31

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तन्नार्हसि महाबाहो विहातुं पुत्रलालसम् ।
स्निग्धं वृद्धं च राजानं सद्धर्ममिव नास्तिकः ॥ ३१ ॥

tannārhasi mahābāho vihātuṃ putralālasam |
snigdhaṃ vṛddhaṃ ca rājānaṃ saddharmamiva nāstikaḥ || 31 ||

'Surely thou wilt not abandon, O hero, that fond old king, so devoted to his son, as a heretic might the true religion?
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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 (6.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tan, Mahabaha, Viha, Putralalasa, Snigdham, Snigdha, Vriddha, Rajan, Rajana, Saddharma, Iva, Nastika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.31). 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: “tannārhasi mahābāho vihātuṃ putralālasam ”
tann -
tan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
ā -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
mahābāho* -
mahābāha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vihāt -
viha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

viha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
um -
u (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
putralālasam -
putralālasa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

putralālasa (noun, neuter)

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

putralālasā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “snigdhaṃ vṛddhaṃ ca rājānaṃ saddharmamiva nāstikaḥ ”
snigdham -
snigdham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

snigdha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

snigdha (noun, neuter)

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

snigdhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√snih -> snigdha (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √snih class 1 verb], [accusative single from √snih class 4 verb]

√snih -> snigdha (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √snih class 1 verb], [accusative single from √snih class 1 verb], [nominative single from √snih class 4 verb], [accusative single from √snih class 4 verb]
vṛddham -
vṛddha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vṛddha (noun, neuter)

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

vṛddhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]

√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rājānam -
rājāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rājāna (noun, neuter)

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

rājan (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
saddharmam -
saddharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nāstikaḥ -
nāstika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]