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 12.35

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यस्मादत्र च भूतानि प्रमुह्यन्ति महान्त्यपि ।
तस्मादेष महाबाहो महामोह इति स्मृतः ॥ ३५ ॥

yasmādatra ca bhūtāni pramuhyanti mahāntyapi |
tasmādeṣa mahābāho mahāmoha iti smṛtaḥ || 35 ||

'Since by it even the higher beings are deluded, therefore, O hero, is this called the "great delusion."
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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 (12.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasmat, Yah, Yat, Atra, Bhuta, Bhutani, Pram, Pra, Uhya, Anti, Mahat, Api, Tasmat, Tad, Esha, Mahabaha, Mahamoha, Iti, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.35). 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: “yasmādatra ca bhūtāni pramuhyanti mahāntyapi ”
yasmād -
yasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhūtāni -
bhūtāni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūtāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūtāni (noun, neuter)

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

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
pram -
pram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

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

prā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
uhya -
√uh -> uhya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √uh]

√vah -> uhya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vah]

uhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√u (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
anti -
anti (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

antī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
mahāntya -
mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
Line 2: “tasmādeṣa mahābāho mahāmoha iti smṛtaḥ ”
tasmād -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
mahābāho* -
mahābāha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mahāmoha* -
mahāmoha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]