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 11.3

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असत्सु मैत्री स्वकुलानुरूपा न तिष्ठति श्रीरिव विक्लवेषु ।
पूर्वैः कृतां प्रीतिपरम्पराभिस्तामेव सन्तस्तु विवर्धयन्ति ॥ ३ ॥

asatsu maitrī svakulānurūpā na tiṣṭhati śrīriva viklaveṣu |
pūrvaiḥ kṛtāṃ prītiparamparābhistāmeva santastu vivardhayanti || 3 ||

'Amongst the bad a friendship, worthy of their family, ceases to continue (and fades) like prosperity among the faint-hearted; it is only the good who keep increasing the old friendship of their ancestors by a new succession of friendly acts.
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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 (11.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asat, Maitri, Maitrin, Svakula, Uru, Upa, Tishthat, Shri, Iva, Viklava, Purva, Krit, Krita, Priti, Parampara, Tama, Tami, Sat, Santa, Viva, Yat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.3). 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: “asatsu maitrī svakulānurūpā na tiṣṭhati śrīriva viklaveṣu ”
asatsu -
asat (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

asat (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
maitrī -
maitrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

maitri (noun, masculine)

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

maitrin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svakulān -
svakula (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
urū -
uru (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uru (noun, masculine)

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

uru (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ūpā* -
ūpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tiṣṭhati -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
śrīr -
śrī (noun, feminine)

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

śrī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
viklaveṣu -
viklava (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

viklava (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
Line 2: “pūrvaiḥ kṛtāṃ prītiparamparābhistāmeva santastu vivardhayanti ”
pūrvaiḥ -
pūrva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kṛtām -
kṛt (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
prīti -
prīti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

prītī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

prītī (noun, feminine)

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

prītī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
paramparābhis -
paramparā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
tāme -
tāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tāmi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
santas -
sat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

santa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sam -> santa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sam class 1 verb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vivar -
viva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vivā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ṛdha -
√ṛdh (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
yanti -
yanti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]