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 8.43

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विगर्हितुं नार्हसि देवि कन्थकं न चापि रोषं मयि कर्तुमर्हसि ।
अनागसौ स्वः समवेहि सर्वशो गतो नृदेवः स हि देवि देववत् ॥ ४३ ॥

vigarhituṃ nārhasi devi kanthakaṃ na cāpi roṣaṃ mayi kartumarhasi |
anāgasau svaḥ samavehi sarvaśo gato nṛdevaḥ sa hi devi devavat || 43 ||

'Surely, O queen, thou wilt not blame Kanthaka nor wilt thou show thy anger against me,—know that we two are entirely guiltless,—that god amongst men, O queen, is gone away like a god.
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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 (8.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vij, Nri, Devi, Devin, Kanthaka, Capin, Capi, Rosh, Rosha, Mayi, Asmad, Kartu, Anagas, Sva, Sarvashah, Gat, Gata, Nrideva, Devavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.43). 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: “vigarhituṃ nārhasi devi kanthakaṃ na cāpi roṣaṃ mayi kartumarhasi ”
vig -
vij (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
arhitum -
√arh -> arhitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √arh]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
devi -
devī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

devin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

devin (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

kanthakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cāpi -
cāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpin (noun, neuter)

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

cāpī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpī (noun, feminine)

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

cāpī (noun, neuter)

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

cāpi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

roṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

roṣ (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
mayi -
mayī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[locative single]
kartum -
√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

kartu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

kartu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
Line 2: “anāgasau svaḥ samavehi sarvaśo gato nṛdevaḥ sa hi devi devavat ”
anāgasau -
anāgas (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
svaḥ -
sva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
samave -
samava (Preverb)

[Preverb]
ihi -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
sarvaśo* -
sarvaśaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gato* -
gat (noun, masculine)

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

gat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nṛdevaḥ -
nṛdeva (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
devi -
devī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

devin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

devin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
devavat -
devavat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

devavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

devavat (noun, neuter)

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