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 1.36

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श्रीमद्विताने कनकोज्ज्वलाङ्गे वैडूर्यपादे शयने शयानम् ।
यद्गौरवात्काञ्चनपद्महस्ता यक्षाधिपाः सम्परिवार्य तस्थुः ॥ ३६ ॥

śrīmadvitāne kanakojjvalāṅge vaiḍūryapāde śayane śayānam |
yadgauravātkāñcanapadmahastā yakṣādhipāḥ samparivārya tasthuḥ || 36 ||

His body lay on a bed with a royal canopy and a frame shining with gold, and supported by feet of lapis lazuli, and in his honour the yaksha-lords stood round guarding him with golden lotuses in their hands.
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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 (1.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrimat, Vitana, Kanakojjvala, Anga, Vaidurya, Pada, Shayana, Yat, Yad, Gaurava, Kancana, Padmahasta, Yakshadhipa, Sampa, Varya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.36). 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: “śrīmadvitāne kanakojjvalāṅge vaiḍūryapāde śayane śayānam ”
śrīmad -
śrīmat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

śrīmat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vitāne -
vitāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vitāna (noun, neuter)

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

vitānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kanakojjvalā -
kanakojjvala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kanakojjvala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kanakojjvalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṅge -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
vaiḍūrya -
vaiḍūrya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vaiḍūrya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pāde -
pāda (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
śayane -
śayana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śayana (noun, neuter)

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

śayanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śayānam -
śayāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śayāna (noun, neuter)

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

śayānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śī -> śayāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śī class 2 verb]

√śī -> śayāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śī class 2 verb], [accusative single from √śī class 2 verb]
Line 2: “yadgauravātkāñcanapadmahastā yakṣādhipāḥ samparivārya tasthuḥ ”
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]
gauravāt -
gaurava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

gaurava (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
kāñcana -
kāñcana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāñcana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
padmahastā* -
padmahasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yakṣādhipāḥ -
yakṣādhipa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
sampa -
sampa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ri -
rī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
vārya -
vārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛ -> vārya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √vṛ]

√vṛ -> vārya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √vṛ]

√vṛ -> vārya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vṛ]

√vṛ -> vārya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ]

√vṛ -> vārya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ]
tasthuḥ -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]