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 11.47

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यदा च जित्वापि महीं समग्रां वासाय दृष्टं पुरमेकमेव ।
तत्रापि चैकं भवनं निषेव्यं श्रमः परार्थे ननु राजभावः ॥ ४७ ॥

yadā ca jitvāpi mahīṃ samagrāṃ vāsāya dṛṣṭaṃ puramekameva |
tatrāpi caikaṃ bhavanaṃ niṣevyaṃ śramaḥ parārthe nanu rājabhāvaḥ || 47 ||

'And since after even conquering the whole earth, one city only can serve as a dwelling-place, and even there only one house can be inhabited, is not royalty mere labour for others?
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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 (11.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yada, Yad, Jitvan, Api, Mahi, Samagra, Vasa, Drishta, Pur, Pura, Eka, Eva, Tatra, Aika, Bhavana, Nishevya, Nishevi, Shrama, Parartha, Nanu, Raja, Bhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.47). 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: “yadā ca jitvāpi mahīṃ samagrāṃ vāsāya dṛṣṭaṃ puramekameva ”
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jitvā -
jitvan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

jitvan (noun, neuter)

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

√ji -> jitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ji]

√ji -> jitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ji]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
mahīm -
mahī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
samagrām -
samagrā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vāsāya -
vāsa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
dṛṣṭam -
dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
puram -
pura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

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

purā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

pur (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ekam -
eka (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

eka (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “tatrāpi caikaṃ bhavanaṃ niṣevyaṃ śramaḥ parārthe nanu rājabhāvaḥ ”
tatrā -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aikam -
aika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aika (noun, neuter)

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

aikā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavanam -
bhavana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhavana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
niṣevyam -
niṣevya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niṣevya (noun, neuter)

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

niṣevyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

niṣevī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
śramaḥ -
śrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
parārthe -
parārtha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

parārtha (noun, neuter)

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

parārthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
nanu -
nanu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rāja -
rāja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

√rāj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhāvaḥ -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]