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 8.5

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ततो विहीनं कपिलाह्वयं पुरं महात्मना तेन जगद्धितात्मना ।
क्रमेण तौ शून्यमिवोपजग्मतुर्दिवाकरेणेव विनाकृतं नभः ॥ ५ ॥

tato vihīnaṃ kapilāhvayaṃ puraṃ mahātmanā tena jagaddhitātmanā |
krameṇa tau śūnyamivopajagmaturdivākareṇeva vinākṛtaṃ nabhaḥ || 5 ||

Slowly they two at last came back to the city called after Kapila, which seemed empty when deserted by that hero who was bent on the salvation of the world,—like the sky bereft of the sun.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vihina, Kapilahvaya, Pur, Pura, Mahatman, Mahatmana, Tena, Jagaddhitatman, Jagaddhitatmana, Kramena, Krama, Shunya, Iva, Upa, Divakara, Vinakrita, Nabh, Nabha, Nabhas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.5). 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 vihīnaṃ kapilāhvayaṃ puraṃ mahātmanā tena jagaddhitātmanā ”
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]
vihīnam -
vihīna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vihīna (noun, neuter)

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

vihīnā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kapilāhvayam -
kapilāhvaya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
puram -
pura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

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

purā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

pur (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
mahātmanā -
mahātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mahātman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

mahātmanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tena -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
jagaddhitātmanā -
jagaddhitātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

jagaddhitātman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

jagaddhitātmanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “krameṇa tau śūnyamivopajagmaturdivākareṇeva vinākṛtaṃ nabhaḥ ”
krameṇa -
krameṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
śūnyam -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

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

śūnyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
upa -
upa (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

upa (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

upa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

upa (Preverb)

[Preverb]
jagmatur -
√gam (verb class 1)

[perfect active third dual]

√gam (verb class 2)

[perfect active third dual]

√gam (verb class 3)

[perfect active third dual]
divākareṇe -
divākara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vinākṛtam -
vinākṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vinākṛta (noun, neuter)

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

vinākṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nabhaḥ -
nabhas (noun, masculine)

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

nabhas (noun, neuter)

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

nabh (noun, feminine)

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

nabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]