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 13.67

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बोधाय कर्माणि हि यान्यनेन कृतानि तेषां नियतो ऽद्य कालः ।
स्थाने तथास्मिन्नुपविष्ट एष यथैव पूर्वे मुनयस्तथैव ॥ ६७ ॥

bodhāya karmāṇi hi yānyanena kṛtāni teṣāṃ niyato 'dya kālaḥ |
sthāne tathāsminnupaviṣṭa eṣa yathaiva pūrve munayastathaiva || 67 ||

'To-day is the appointed period of all those actions which have been performed by him for the sake of knowledge,—he is now seated on this seat just as all the previous saints have sat.
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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 (13.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bodha, Karman, Yani, Yat, Ana, Anena, Idam, Krita, Tad, Niyata, Adya, Kala, Sthane, Sthana, Tatha, Upavishta, Esha, Yatha, Purva, Muni, Munaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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Line 1: “bodhāya karmāṇi hi yānyanena kṛtāni teṣāṃ niyato 'dya kālaḥ ”
bodhāya -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

bodha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
karmāṇi -
karman (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yānya -
yānī (noun, feminine)

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

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√yā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first single]
anena -
anena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kṛtāni -
kṛta (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
niyato' -
niyata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
adya -
adya (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

adya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kālaḥ -
kāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sthāne tathāsminnupaviṣṭa eṣa yathaiva pūrve munayastathaiva ”
sthāne -
sthāne (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sthāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asminn -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
upaviṣṭa* -
upaviṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
yathai -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
pūrve -
pūrva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

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

pūrvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
munayas -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

munaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]