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 1.8

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कृत्वापि रात्रौ कुमुदप्रहासमिन्दोः करैर्यद्रजतालयस्थैः ।
सौवर्णहर्म्येषु गतार्कपादैर्दिवा सरोजद्युतिमाललम्बे ॥ ८ ॥

kṛtvāpi rātrau kumudaprahāsamindoḥ karairyadrajatālayasthaiḥ |
sauvarṇaharmyeṣu gatārkapādairdivā sarojadyutimālalambe || 8 ||

After mocking the water-lilies even at night by the moonbeams which rest on its silver pavilions,—by day it assumed the brightness of the lotuses through the sunbeams falling on its golden palaces.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kritva, Kritvan, Api, Ratrau, Ratra, Kumuda, Prahasa, Indu, Kara, Yat, Yad, Rajata, Rajat, Layastha, Sauvarnaharmya, Gat, Gata, Arka, Padaih, Pada, Diva, Div, Divan, Saroja, Dyuti, Ala, Lamba,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.8). 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: “kṛtvāpi rātrau kumudaprahāsamindoḥ karairyadrajatālayasthaiḥ ”
kṛtvā -
kṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṛtvan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kṛtvan (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
rātrau -
rātrau (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

rātra (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kumuda -
kumuda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kumuda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prahāsam -
prahāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prahāsa (noun, neuter)

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

prahāsā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
indoḥ -
indu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
karair -
kara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

kara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
rajatā -
rajatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√raj -> rajat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √raj class 1 verb]

√raj -> rajat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √raj class 1 verb]

√rañj -> rajat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √rañj class 1 verb]

√rañj -> rajat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √rañj class 1 verb]
layasthaiḥ -
layastha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

layastha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “sauvarṇaharmyeṣu gatārkapādairdivā sarojadyutimālalambe ”
sauvarṇaharmyeṣu -
sauvarṇaharmya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
gatā -
gata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

gat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

gatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arka -
arka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

arka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pādair -
pādaiḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pāda (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
divā -
divā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

div (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

divan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

divā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
saroja -
saroja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saroja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dyutim -
dyuti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

dyuti (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

āla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√al (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
lambe -
lamba (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

lamba (noun, neuter)

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

lambā (noun, feminine)

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

√lamb (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]