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 11.20

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कृष्यादिभिर्धर्मभिरन्वितानां कामात्मकानां च निशम्य दुःखम् ।
स्वास्थ्यं च कामेष्वकुतूहलानां कामान् विहातुं क्षममात्मवद्भिः ॥ २० ॥

kṛṣyādibhirdharmabhiranvitānāṃ kāmātmakānāṃ ca niśamya duḥkham |
svāsthyaṃ ca kāmeṣvakutūhalānāṃ kāmān vihātuṃ kṣamamātmavadbhiḥ || 20 ||

'When they hear of the miseries of those who are intent on pleasure and are devoted to worldly pursuits, such as agriculture and the rest, and the self-content of those who are careless of pleasure, it well befits the self-controlled to fling it away.
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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 (11.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Krishya, Dharman, Anvita, Kamatman, Nisham, Nisha, Duhkham, Duhkha, Svasthya, Kama, Akutuhala, Viha, Ksham, Kshama, Atmavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.20). 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: “kṛṣyādibhirdharmabhiranvitānāṃ kāmātmakānāṃ ca niśamya duḥkham ”
kṛṣyād -
kṛṣya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kṛṣya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√kṛṣ -> kṛṣya (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √kṛṣ class 1 verb], [ablative single from √kṛṣ class 6 verb]

√kṛṣ -> kṛṣya (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √kṛṣ class 1 verb], [ablative single from √kṛṣ class 6 verb]
ibhir -
i (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
dharmabhir -
dharman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
anvitānām -
anvita (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

anvita (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

anvitā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
kāmātma -
kāmātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

kāmātman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kānām -
ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niśam -
niśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

niśa (noun, neuter)

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

niśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ya -
duḥkham -
duḥkham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “svāsthyaṃ ca kāmeṣvakutūhalānāṃ kāmān vihātuṃ kṣamamātmavadbhiḥ ”
svāsthyam -
svāsthya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāmeṣva -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
akutūhalānām -
akutūhala (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

akutūhala (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

akutūhalā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
kāmān -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vihāt -
viha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

viha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
um -
u (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
kṣamam -
kṣama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣama (noun, neuter)

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

kṣamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kṣam (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ātmavadbhiḥ -
ātmavat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ātmavat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]