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 9.9

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यानं विहायोपययौ ततस्तं पुरोहितो मन्त्रधरेण सार्धम् ।
यथा वनस्थं सहवामदेवो रामं दिदृक्षुर्मुनिरौर्वशेयः ॥ ९ ॥

yānaṃ vihāyopayayau tatastaṃ purohito mantradhareṇa sārdham |
yathā vanasthaṃ sahavāmadevo rāmaṃ didṛkṣurmuniraurvaśeyaḥ || 9 ||

Leaving his chariot, the family priest then went up to the prince with the counsellor, as the saint Aurvasheya went with Vamadeva, wishing to see Rama when he dwelt in the forest.
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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 (9.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yana, Vihaya, Viha, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Purohita, Mantradhara, Sardham, Sardha, Yatha, Vanastha, Sahu, Amadeva, Rama, Didrikshu, Muni, Aurvasheya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.9). 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: “yānaṃ vihāyopayayau tatastaṃ purohito mantradhareṇa sārdham ”
yānam -
yāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yāna (noun, neuter)

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

yānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vihāyo -
vihāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

viha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
upayayau -
tatas -
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]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
purohito* -
purohita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mantradhareṇa -
mantradhara (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]
Line 2: “yathā vanasthaṃ sahavāmadevo rāmaṃ didṛkṣurmuniraurvaśeyaḥ ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vanastham -
vanastha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vanastha (noun, neuter)

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

vanasthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sahavā -
sahu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

sahu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
āmadevo* -
āmadeva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rāmam -
rāma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rāma (noun, neuter)

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

rāmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
didṛkṣur -
didṛkṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

didṛkṣu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
munir -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aurvaśeyaḥ -
aurvaśeya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]