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 7.13

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ततो द्विजातिः स तपोविहारः शाक्यर्षभायर्षभविक्रमाय ।
क्रमेन तस्मै कथयाञ्चकार तपोविशेषं तपसः फलं च ॥ १३ ॥

tato dvijātiḥ sa tapovihāraḥ śākyarṣabhāyarṣabhavikramāya |
kramena tasmai kathayāñcakāra tapoviśeṣaṃ tapasaḥ phalaṃ ca || 13 ||

Then the Brahman well-versed in penance told in order to that bull of the Shakyas, a very bull in prowess, all the various kinds of penance and the fruit thereof.
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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 (7.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Dvijati, Tap, Tapa, Tapu, Tapas, Vihara, Shaki, Shakya, Rishabha, Rishabhavikrama, Krama, Ina, Katha, Kara, Vishesha, Tapasa, Phala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 7.13). 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: “tato dvijātiḥ sa tapovihāraḥ śākyarṣabhāyarṣabhavikramāya ”
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
dvijātiḥ -
dvijāti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dvijāti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tapo -
tapas (noun, neuter)

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

tap (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

tap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

tapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tapu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

tapu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
vihāraḥ -
vihāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śākyar -
śākya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śākya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śākī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

śākyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śac -> śākya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śākya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śākyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śac class 1 verb]
ṛṣabhāyar -
ṛṣabha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
ṛṣabhavikramāya -
ṛṣabhavikrama (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
Line 2: “kramena tasmai kathayāñcakāra tapoviśeṣaṃ tapasaḥ phalaṃ ca ”
krame -
krama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

√kram (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
ina -
ina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tasmai -
tad (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
kathayā -
kathā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√kath (verb class 10)

[imperative active second single]
añca -
√añc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kāra -
kāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tapo -
tapas (noun, neuter)

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

tap (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

tap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

tapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tapu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

tapu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
viśeṣam -
viśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viśeṣa (noun, neuter)

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

viśeṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tapasaḥ -
tapasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tapas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
phalam -
phala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

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

phalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]