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 13.34

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मारस्ततो भूतचमूमुदीर्णामाज्ञापयामास भयाय तस्य ।
स्वैः स्वैः प्रभावैरथ सास्य सेना तद्धैर्यभेदाय मतिं चकार ॥ ३४ ॥

mārastato bhūtacamūmudīrṇāmājñāpayāmāsa bhayāya tasya |
svaiḥ svaiḥ prabhāvairatha sāsya senā taddhairyabhedāya matiṃ cakāra || 34 ||

Then Mara commanded his excited army of demons to terrify him; and forthwith that host resolved to break down his determination with their various powers.
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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 (13.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mara, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Bhuta, Camu, Udirna, Ajna, Bhaya, Sva, Prabhava, Atha, Sasya, Sena, Tat, Aya, Mati, Cakara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.34). 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: “mārastato bhūtacamūmudīrṇāmājñāpayāmāsa bhayāya tasya ”
māras -
māra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
bhūta -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[injunctive active second plural]
camūm -
camū (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
udīrṇām -
udīrṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ājñā -
ājñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apayāmā -
√pay (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first plural]

√pi (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first plural]

√pī (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first plural]
asa -
asan (noun, neuter)

[compound]
bhayāya -
bhaya (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

bhaya (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “svaiḥ svaiḥ prabhāvairatha sāsya senā taddhairyabhedāya matiṃ cakāra ”
svaiḥ -
sva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

sva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
svaiḥ -
sva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

sva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
prabhāvair -
prabhāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sāsya -
√sas -> sāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sas class 2 verb]

√sas -> sāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sas class 2 verb]
senā -
senā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
taddh -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hair -
ha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√hā (verb class 1)

[optative active second single]
yabhed -
√yabh (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
āya -
āya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

a (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
matim -
mati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
cakāra -
cakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]