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 6.42

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इति शोकाभिभूतस्य श्रुत्वा छन्दस्य भाषितम् ।
स्वस्थः परमया धृत्या जगाद वदतां वरः ॥ ४२ ॥

iti śokābhibhūtasya śrutvā chandasya bhāṣitam |
svasthaḥ paramayā dhṛtyā jagāda vadatāṃ varaḥ || 42 ||

Having heard these words of Chanda overcome with sorrow,—self-possessed with the utmost firmness the best of speakers answered:
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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 (6.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Shokabhibhuta, Chanda, Chandasya, Bhashita, Svastha, Parama, Dhriti, Vadat, Vara, Varas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.42). 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 śokābhibhūtasya śrutvā chandasya bhāṣitam ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
śokābhibhūtasya -
śokābhibhūta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

śokābhibhūta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
śrutvā -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
chandasya -
chandasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

chandasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

chanda (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

chanda (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
bhāṣitam -
bhāṣita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhāṣita (noun, neuter)

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

bhāṣitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “svasthaḥ paramayā dhṛtyā jagāda vadatāṃ varaḥ ”
svasthaḥ -
svastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paramayā -
paramā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
dhṛtyā* -
dhṛti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

dhṛtī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
jagāda -
√gad (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
vadatām -
√vad -> vadat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad -> vadat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
varaḥ -
varas (noun, neuter)

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

vara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]