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 8.63

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मखेषु वा वेदविधानसंस्कृतौ न दम्पती पश्यति दीक्षितावुभौ ।
समं बुभुक्षू परतो ऽपि तत्फलं ततो ऽस्य जातो मयि धर्ममत्सरः ॥ ६३ ॥

makheṣu vā vedavidhānasaṃskṛtau na dampatī paśyati dīkṣitāvubhau |
samaṃ bubhukṣū parato 'pi tatphalaṃ tato 'sya jāto mayi dharmamatsaraḥ || 63 ||

'He does not see that husband and wife are both consecrated in sacrifices, and both purified by the performance of the rites of the Veda, and both destined to enjoy the same results afterwards,—he therefore grudges me a share in his merit.
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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 (8.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Makha, Var, Veda, Vidhana, Samskrita, Samskriti, Dampati, Pashyat, Dikshita, Ubha, Samam, Sama, Bubhukshu, Paratah, Api, Tatphala, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Idam, Jatri, Jata, Mayi, Asmad, Dharmamatsara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.63). 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: “makheṣu vā vedavidhānasaṃskṛtau na dampatī paśyati dīkṣitāvubhau ”
makheṣu -
makha (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

makha (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
veda -
veda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
vidhāna -
vidhāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vidhāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃskṛtau -
saṃskṛta (noun, masculine)

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

saṃskṛti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

saṃskṛti (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dampatī -
dampatī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

dampatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

dampati (noun, masculine)

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

dampati (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
dīkṣitāvu -
dīkṣita (noun, masculine)

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

√dīkṣ -> dīkṣita (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √dīkṣ], [vocative dual from √dīkṣ], [accusative dual from √dīkṣ]
ubhau -
ubha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “samaṃ bubhukṣū parato 'pi tatphalaṃ tato 'sya jāto mayi dharmamatsaraḥ ”
samam -
samam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

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

samā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bubhukṣū -
bubhukṣu (noun, masculine)

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

bubhukṣu (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
parato' -
parataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tatphalam -
tatphala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tatphala (noun, neuter)

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

tatphalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
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]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
jāto* -
jātṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

jāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
mayi -
mayī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[locative single]
dharmamatsaraḥ -
dharmamatsara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]