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 1.29

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ऊरोर्यथौर्वस्य पृथोश्च हस्तान्मान्धातुरिन्द्रप्रतिमस्य मूर्ध्नः ।
कक्षीवतश्चैव भुजांसदेशात्तथाविधं तस्य बभूव जन्म ॥ २९ ॥

ūroryathaurvasya pṛthośca hastānmāndhāturindrapratimasya mūrdhnaḥ |
kakṣīvataścaiva bhujāṃsadeśāttathāvidhaṃ tasya babhūva janma || 29 ||

As was Aurva's birth from the thigh, and Prithu's from the hand, and Mandhatri's, who was like Indra himself, from the forehead, and Kakshivat's from the upper end of the arm,—thus too was his birth (miraculous).
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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 (1.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uru, Yatha, Aurva, Prith, Prithu, Hasta, Mandhatri, Indrapratima, Murdhan, Kakshivat, Bhujamsadesha, Tathavidha, Tad, Janma, Janman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.29). 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: “ūroryathaurvasya pṛthośca hastānmāndhāturindrapratimasya mūrdhnaḥ ”
ūror -
ūru (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
yathau -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aurvasya -
aurva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

aurva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
pṛthoś -
pṛth (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

pṛthu (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hastān -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]

hasta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
māndhātur -
māndhātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
indrapratimasya -
indrapratima (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

indrapratima (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
mūrdhnaḥ -
mūrdhan (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “kakṣīvataścaiva bhujāṃsadeśāttathāvidhaṃ tasya babhūva janma ”
kakṣīvataś -
kakṣīvat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
bhujāṃsadeśāt -
bhujāṃsadeśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tathāvidham -
tathāvidha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tathāvidha (noun, neuter)

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

tathāvidhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
janma -
janma (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

janma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

janman (noun, neuter)

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