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 12.16

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श्रूयतामयमस्माकं सिद्धान्तः शृण्वतां वर ।
यथा भवति संसारो यथा वै परिवर्तते ॥ १६ ॥

śrūyatāmayamasmākaṃ siddhāntaḥ śṛṇvatāṃ vara |
yathā bhavati saṃsāro yathā vai parivartate || 16 ||

'O best of hearers, hear this our firmly-settled theory, how our mortal existence arises and how it revolves.
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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 (12.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aya, Idam, Asmaka, Asmad, Siddhanta, Shrinvat, Vara, Yatha, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Samsara, Parivarta, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.16). 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: “śrūyatāmayamasmākaṃ siddhāntaḥ śṛṇvatāṃ vara ”
śrūyatām -
√śru (verb class 5)

[imperative passive third single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asmākam -
asmāka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asmāka (noun, neuter)

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

asmākā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive plural]
siddhāntaḥ -
siddhānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śṛṇvatām -
√śru -> śṛṇvat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √śru class 5 verb]

√śru -> śṛṇvat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √śru class 5 verb]
vara -
vara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “yathā bhavati saṃsāro yathā vai parivartate ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhavati -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
saṃsāro* -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
parivarta -
parivarta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]