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 6.46

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वासवृक्षे समागम्य विगच्छन्ति यथाण्डजाः ।
नियतं विप्रयोगान्तस्तथा भूतसमागमः ॥ ४६ ॥

vāsavṛkṣe samāgamya vigacchanti yathāṇḍajāḥ |
niyataṃ viprayogāntastathā bhūtasamāgamaḥ || 46 ||

'As birds go to their roosting-tree and then depart, so the meeting of beings inevitably ends in separation.
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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 (6.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vasavriksha, Vij, Shanti, Yatha, Andaja, Niyata, Viprayoga, Tasta, Tha, Bhutasamagama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.46). 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: “vāsavṛkṣe samāgamya vigacchanti yathāṇḍajāḥ ”
vāsavṛkṣe -
vāsavṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
samāgamya -
vig -
vij (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
acch -
ad (noun, masculine)

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

ad (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

śanti (noun, neuter)

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

śanti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aṇḍajāḥ -
aṇḍaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aṇḍajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “niyataṃ viprayogāntastathā bhūtasamāgamaḥ ”
niyatam -
niyata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niyata (noun, neuter)

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

niyatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viprayogān -
viprayoga (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tasta -
√tas -> tasta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √tas class 4 verb]

√tas -> tasta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √tas class 4 verb]

√stai (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
thā* -
tha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
bhūtasamāgamaḥ -
bhūtasamāgama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]