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 12.42

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इत्यर्थं ब्राह्मणा लोके परमब्रह्मवादिनः ।
ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्तीह ब्राह्मणान् वासयन्ति च ॥ ४२ ॥

ityarthaṃ brāhmaṇā loke paramabrahmavādinaḥ |
brahmacaryaṃ carantīha brāhmaṇān vāsayanti ca || 42 ||

'For this reason the Bramans in the world, discoursing on the supreme Brahman, practise here a rigorous course of sacred study and let other Bramans live with them to follow it also.'
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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 (12.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ityartha, Brahmana, Loka, Paramabrahman, Vadi, Vadin, Brahmacarya, Iha, Vasayat, Vasayanti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.42). 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: “ityarthaṃ brāhmaṇā loke paramabrahmavādinaḥ ”
ityartham -
ityartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ityartha (noun, neuter)

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

ityarthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
brāhmaṇā* -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
paramabrahma -
paramabrahman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vādinaḥ -
vādi (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vādin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

vādin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vādī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “brahmacaryaṃ carantīha brāhmaṇān vāsayanti ca ”
brahmacaryam -
brahmacarya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
carantī -
√car (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
brāhmaṇān -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vāsayanti -
√vas -> vāsayantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √vas]

√vas -> vāsayantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √vas]

√vas -> vāsayantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √vas]

√vās -> vāsayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vās class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √vās class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √vās class 10 verb]

√vās -> vāsayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vās class 10 verb]

√vas -> vāsayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vas], [vocative plural from √vas], [accusative plural from √vas]

√vas -> vāsayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vas], [vocative plural from √vas], [accusative plural from √vas]

√vas -> vāsayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vas], [vocative plural from √vas], [accusative plural from √vas]

√vas -> vāsayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vas]

√vās (verb class 10)

[present active third plural]

√vas (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]

√vas (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]

√vas (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]