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 11.1

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अथैवमुक्तो मगधाधिपेन सुहृन्मुखेन प्रतिकूलमर्थम् ।
स्वस्थो ऽविकारः कुलशौचशुद्धः शौद्धोदनिर्वाक्यमिदं जगाद ॥ १ ॥

athaivamukto magadhādhipena suhṛnmukhena pratikūlamartham |
svastho 'vikāraḥ kulaśaucaśuddhaḥ śauddhodanirvākyamidaṃ jagāda || 1 ||

Being thus addressed by the monarch of the Magadhas, in a hostile speech with a friendly face, self-possessed, unchanged, pure by family and personal purity, the son of Shuddhodana thus made answer:
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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 (11.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Evam, Eva, Ukta, Magadha, Adhipa, Suhrinmukha, Pratikula, Artha, Svastha, Avikara, Kula, Shauca, Shuddha, Shauddhodani, Vakya, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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Line 1: “athaivamukto magadhādhipena suhṛnmukhena pratikūlamartham ”
athai -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ukto* -
ukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb]
magadhā -
magadha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

magadhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adhipena -
adhipa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
suhṛnmukhena -
suhṛnmukha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

suhṛnmukha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pratikūlam -
pratikūla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pratikūla (noun, neuter)

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

pratikūlā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “svastho 'vikāraḥ kulaśaucaśuddhaḥ śauddhodanirvākyamidaṃ jagāda ”
svastho' -
svastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
avikāraḥ -
avikāra (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kula (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śauca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śuddhaḥ -
śuddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
śauddhodanir -
śauddhodani (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vākyam -
vākya (noun, neuter)

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

√vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
jagāda -
√gad (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]