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 13.55

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भयावहेभ्यः परिषद्गणेभ्यो यथा यथा नैव मुनिर्बिभाय ।
तथा तथा धर्मभृतां सपत्नः शोकाच्च रोषाच्च ससार मारः ॥ ५५ ॥

bhayāvahebhyaḥ pariṣadgaṇebhyo yathā yathā naiva munirbibhāya |
tathā tathā dharmabhṛtāṃ sapatnaḥ śokācca roṣācca sasāra māraḥ || 55 ||

The less the saint feared the frightful hosts of that multitude, the more did Mara, the enemy of the righteous, continue his attacks in grief and anger.
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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 (13.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhayavaha, Parishad, Parishat, Gana, Yatha, Naiva, Muni, Tatha, Dharmabhrit, Sapatna, Shoka, Rosha, Sasara, Mara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.55). 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: “bhayāvahebhyaḥ pariṣadgaṇebhyo yathā yathā naiva munirbibhāya ”
bhayāvahebhyaḥ -
bhayāvaha (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

bhayāvaha (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
pariṣad -
pariṣad (noun, feminine)

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

pariṣad (noun, masculine)

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

pariṣad (noun, neuter)

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

pariṣat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pariṣat (noun, feminine)

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

pariṣat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
gaṇebhyo* -
gaṇa (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
munir -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bibhāya -
√bhī (verb class 1)

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

√bhī (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “tathā tathā dharmabhṛtāṃ sapatnaḥ śokācca roṣācca sasāra māraḥ ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
dharmabhṛtām -
dharmabhṛt (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
sapatnaḥ -
sapatna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śokāc -
śoka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śoka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
roṣāc -
roṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sasāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sṛ (verb class 1)

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

√sṛ (verb class 3)

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

√sṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
māraḥ -
māra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]