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 7.42

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तपोवने ऽस्मिन्नथ निष्क्रियो वा सङ्कीर्णधर्मा पतितो ऽशुचिर्वा ।
दृष्टस्त्वया येन न ते विवत्सा तद्ब्रूहि यावद्रुचितो ऽस्तु वासः ॥ ४२ ॥

tapovane 'sminnatha niṣkriyo vā saṅkīrṇadharmā patito 'śucirvā |
dṛṣṭastvayā yena na te vivatsā tadbrūhi yāvadrucito 'stu vāsaḥ || 42 ||

'Hast thou seen in this sacred grove one who neglects all ceremonies or who follows confused ceremonies or an outcast or one impure, that thou dost not desire to dwell here? Speak it out, and let the abode be welcomed.
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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 (7.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tapovana, Idam, Atha, Nishkriya, Sankirna, Dharman, Dharma, Patita, Ashuci, Drishta, Tva, Yushmad, Yena, Yah, Yat, Tad, Vivatsa, Tat, Yavat, Rucita, Astu, Vasas, Vasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 7.42). 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: “tapovane 'sminnatha niṣkriyo vā saṅkīrṇadharmā patito 'śucirvā ”
tapovane' -
tapovana (noun, neuter)

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

tapovanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
asminn -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
niṣkriyo* -
niṣkriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

saṅkīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmā -
dharman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
patito' -
patita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√pat -> patita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √pat class 1 verb]
aśucir -
aśuci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

aśuci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “dṛṣṭastvayā yena na te vivatsā tadbrūhi yāvadrucito 'stu vāsaḥ ”
dṛṣṭas -
dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
tvayā -
tvā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
vivatsā -
vivatsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
brūhi -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
yāvad -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
rucito' -
rucita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ruc -> rucita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √ruc class 1 verb]
astu -
astu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

astu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astu (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[imperative active third single]
vāsaḥ -
vāsas (noun, neuter)

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

vāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]