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 1.65

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चक्राङ्कपादं स तथा महार्षिर्जालावनद्धाङ्गुलिपाणिपादम् ।
सोर्णभ्रुवं वारणवस्तिकोशं सविस्मयं राजसुतं ददर्श ॥ ६५ ॥

cakrāṅkapādaṃ sa tathā mahārṣirjālāvanaddhāṅgulipāṇipādam |
sorṇabhruvaṃ vāraṇavastikośaṃ savismayaṃ rājasutaṃ dadarśa || 65 ||

Thus the great seer beheld the king's son with wonder,—his foot marked with a wheel, his fingers and toes webbed, with a circle of hair between his eyebrows, and signs of vigour like an elephant.
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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 (1.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cakranka, Pada, Tatha, Maharshi, Jalavanaddha, Anguli, Panipada, Sornabhru, Varana, Vastikosha, Savismaya, Rajasuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.65). 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: “cakrāṅkapādaṃ sa tathā mahārṣirjālāvanaddhāṅgulipāṇipādam ”
cakrāṅka -
cakrāṅka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cakrāṅka (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mahārṣir -
mahārṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mahārṣi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jālāvanaddhā -
jālāvanaddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jālāvanaddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jālāvanaddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṅguli -
aṅguli (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

aṅgulī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
pāṇipādam -
pāṇipāda (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “sorṇabhruvaṃ vāraṇavastikośaṃ savismayaṃ rājasutaṃ dadarśa ”
sorṇabhruvam -
sorṇabhrū (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vastikośam -
vastikośa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
savismayam -
savismaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

savismaya (noun, neuter)

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

savismayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
rājasutam -
rājasuta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rājasutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dadarśa -
√dṛś (verb class 1)

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