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 1.19

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च्युतो ऽथ कायात्तुषितात् त्रिलोकीमुद्योतयन्नुत्तमबोधिसत्त्वः ।
विवेश तस्याः स्मृत एव कुक्षौ नन्दागुहायामिव नागराजः ॥ १९ ॥

cyuto 'tha kāyāttuṣitāt trilokīmudyotayannuttamabodhisattvaḥ |
viveśa tasyāḥ smṛta eva kukṣau nandāguhāyāmiva nāgarājaḥ || 19 ||

Then falling from the host of beings in the Tushita heaven, and illumining the three worlds, the most excellent of Bodhisattvas suddenly entered at a thought into her womb, like the Naga-king entering the cave of Nanda.
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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 (1.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cyut, Cyuta, Atha, Kaya, Tushita, Triloki, Udyota, Yat, Uttama, Bodhisattva, Smrita, Eva, Kukshi, Nanda, Guha, Iva, Nagaraj, Nagaraja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.19). 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: “cyuto 'tha kāyāttuṣitāt trilokīmudyotayannuttamabodhisattvaḥ ”
cyuto' -
cyut (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

cyut (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

cyuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāyāt -
kāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kāya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tuṣitāt -
tuṣita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
trilokīm -
trilokī (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

udyota (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yann -
yat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
uttama -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bodhisattvaḥ -
bodhisattva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “viveśa tasyāḥ smṛta eva kukṣau nandāguhāyāmiva nāgarājaḥ ”
viveśa -
√viś (verb class 6)

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

√viś (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
tasyāḥ -
sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
smṛta* -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kukṣau -
kukṣi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

kukṣi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
nandā -
nandā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
guhāyām -
guhā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nāgarājaḥ -
nāgarāj (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

nāgarāja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]