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 1.14

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उदारसङ्ख्यैः सचिवाइरसङ्ख्यैः कृताग्रभावः स उदग्रभावः ।
शशी यथा भैरकृतान्यथाभैः शक्येन्द्रराजः सुतरां रराज ॥ १४ ॥

udārasaṅkhyaiḥ sacivāirasaṅkhyaiḥ kṛtāgrabhāvaḥ sa udagrabhāvaḥ |
śaśī yathā bhairakṛtānyathābhaiḥ śakyendrarājaḥ sutarāṃ rarāja || 14 ||

He, the monarch of the Shakyas, of native pre-eminence, but whose actual pre-eminence was brought about by his numberless councillors of exalted wisdom, shone forth all the more gloriously, like the moon amidst the stars shining with a light like its own.
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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 (1.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Udara, Sankhya, Aira, Krit, Krita, Grabha, Udagra, Bhava, Shashi, Shashin, Yatha, Bha, Akrita, Atha, Abha, Shakya, Indraraja, Sutaram, Sutara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.14). 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: “udārasaṅkhyaiḥ sacivāirasaṅkhyaiḥ kṛtāgrabhāvaḥ sa udagrabhāvaḥ ”
udāra -
udāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

udāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṅkhyaiḥ -
saṅkhya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

saṅkhya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
sacivā -
aira -
aira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aira (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṅkhyaiḥ -
saṅkhya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

saṅkhya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kṛtā -
kṛt (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
grabhāva -
grabha (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
sa*u -
si (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

sa (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present middle second single]
ud -
udagra -
udagra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

udagra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāvaḥ -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
Line 2: “śaśī yathā bhairakṛtānyathābhaiḥ śakyendrarājaḥ sutarāṃ rarāja ”
śaśī -
śaśī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śaśin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhair -
bha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

bha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
akṛtānya -
akṛta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
athā -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ābhaiḥ -
ābha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ābha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
śakye -
śakya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

śakya (noun, neuter)

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

√śak -> śakya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śak]

śakyā (noun, feminine)

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

√śak -> śakya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śak class 5 verb], [locative single from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak -> śakya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative single from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √śak class 5 verb], [locative single from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak -> śakyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative single from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak (verb class 5)

[present passive first single]
indrarājaḥ -
indrarāja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sutarām -
sutarām (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sutarā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
rarāja -
√rāj (verb class 1)

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

√raj (verb class 1)

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

√raj (verb class 4)

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