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 7.53

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यज्ञैस्तपोभिर्नियमैश्च तैस्तैः स्वर्गं यियासन्ति हि रागवन्तः ।
रागेण सार्धं रिपुणेव युद्ध्वा मोक्षं परीप्सन्ति तु सत्त्ववन्तः ॥ ५३ ॥

yajñaistapobhirniyamaiśca taistaiḥ svargaṃ yiyāsanti hi rāgavantaḥ |
rāgeṇa sārdhaṃ ripuṇeva yuddhvā mokṣaṃ parīpsanti tu sattvavantaḥ || 53 ||

'By all those various sacrifices, penances and vows the slaves of passion desire to go to heaven; but the strong, having battled with passion as with an enemy, desire to obtain liberation.
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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 (7.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yajna, Tapas, Niyama, Tad, Svarga, Yiyasat, Yiyasanti, Ragavat, Raga, Sardham, Sardha, Ripu, Iva, Moksha, Pari, Ipsat, Ipsanti, Sattvavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 7.53). 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: “yajñaistapobhirniyamaiśca taistaiḥ svargaṃ yiyāsanti hi rāgavantaḥ ”
yajñais -
yajña (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
tapobhir -
tapas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
niyamaiś -
niyama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[instrumental plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
taiḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
svargam -
svarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svarga (noun, neuter)

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

svargā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yiyāsanti -
√yā -> yiyāsantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √yā]

√yā -> yiyāsat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √yā], [vocative plural from √yā], [accusative plural from √yā]

√yā -> yiyāsantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √yā]

√yā (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
rāgavantaḥ -
rāgavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “rāgeṇa sārdhaṃ ripuṇeva yuddhvā mokṣaṃ parīpsanti tu sattvavantaḥ ”
rāgeṇa -
rāga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
sārdham -
sārdham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sārdha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sārdha (noun, neuter)

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

sārdhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ripuṇe -
ripu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ripu (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yuddhvā -
√yudh -> yuddhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yudh]

√yudh -> yuddhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yudh]
mokṣam -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mokṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
parī -
pari (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

pari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pari (noun, masculine)

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

pari (noun, feminine)

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

pari (noun, neuter)

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

parī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

parī (noun, feminine)

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

parī (noun, neuter)

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

pari (Preverb)

[Preverb]
īpsanti -
√āp -> īpsantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √āp]

√āp -> īpsat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √āp], [vocative plural from √āp], [accusative plural from √āp]

√āp -> īpsantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √āp]

√āp (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sattvavantaḥ -
sattvavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]