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 12.2

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स कालामसगोत्रेण तेनालोक्यैव दूरतः ।
उच्चैः स्वागतमित्युक्तः समीपमुपजग्मिवान् ॥ २ ॥

sa kālāmasagotreṇa tenālokyaiva dūrataḥ |
uccaiḥ svāgatamityuktaḥ samīpamupajagmivān || 2 ||

He drew near, on being addressed in a loud voice 'Welcome' by the kinsman of Kalama, as he saw him from afar.
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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 (12.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kalama, Sagotra, Tad, Tena, Alokya, Duratah, Duratas, Uccaih, Ucca, Svagata, Iti, Ukta, Samipa, Upa, Jagmivas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.2). 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: “sa kālāmasagotreṇa tenālokyaiva dūrataḥ ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kālāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sagotreṇa -
sagotra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sagotra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tenā -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
alokyai -
alokya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

alokya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

alokyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dūrataḥ -
dūrataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dūratas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “uccaiḥ svāgatamityuktaḥ samīpamupajagmivān ”
uccaiḥ -
uccaiḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uccaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ucca (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ucca (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
svāgatam -
svāgata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svāgata (noun, neuter)

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

svāgatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ityu -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
uktaḥ -
ukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

samīpa (noun, neuter)

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

samīpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
upa -
upa (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

upa (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

upa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jagmivān -
jagmivas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]