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 10.27

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अथ त्विदानीं कुलगर्वितत्वादस्मासु विश्रम्भगुणो न ते ऽस्ति ।
व्यूहान्यनेकानि विगाह्य वाणैर्मया सहायेन पराञ्जिगीष ॥ २७ ॥

atha tvidānīṃ kulagarvitatvādasmāsu viśrambhaguṇo na te 'sti |
vyūhānyanekāni vigāhya vāṇairmayā sahāyena parāñjigīṣa || 27 ||

'But if from thy pride of race thou dost not now feel confidence in me, then plunge with thy arrows into countless armies, and with me as thy ally seek to conquer thy foes.
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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 (10.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Idanim, Kula, Garvita, Tva, Asmad, Vishrambha, Guna, Tad, Yushmad, Asti, Vyuha, Yat, Eka, Vigahya, Vana, Maya, Sahaya, Para,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.27). 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: “atha tvidānīṃ kulagarvitatvādasmāsu viśrambhaguṇo na te 'sti ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tvi -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
idānīm -
idānīm (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kula -
kula (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kula (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

garvita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvād -
tva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
asmāsu -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[locative plural]
viśrambha -
viśrambha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
guṇo* -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
Line 2: “vyūhānyanekāni vigāhya vāṇairmayā sahāyena parāñjigīṣa ”
vyūhān -
vyūha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
yan -
yat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
ekāni -
eka (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
vigāhya -
vigāhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vigāhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāṇair -
vāṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vāṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
sahāyena -
sahāya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
parāñ -
para (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
jigīṣa -
√ji (verb class 0)

[imperative active second single]