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 1.89

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अपि च शतसहस्रपूर्णसङ्ख्याः स्थिरबलवत्तनयाः सहेमशृङ्गीः ।
अनुपगतजराः पयस्विनीर्गाः स्वयमददात्सुतवृद्धये द्विजेभ्यः ॥ ८९ ॥

api ca śatasahasrapūrṇasaṅkhyāḥ sthirabalavattanayāḥ sahemaśṛṅgīḥ |
anupagatajarāḥ payasvinīrgāḥ svayamadadātsutavṛddhaye dvijebhyaḥ || 89 ||

And he himself gave to the brahmans for his son's welfare cows full of milk, with no traces of infirmity, golden-horned and with strong healthy calves, to the full number of a hundred thousand.
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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 (1.89). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Api, Shatasahasra, Purna, Sankhya, Sthira, Balavat, Tanaya, Shringi, Anupagatajara, Payasvini, Svayam, Sutavriddhi, Dvija,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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Line 1: “api ca śatasahasrapūrṇasaṅkhyāḥ sthirabalavattanayāḥ sahemaśṛṅgīḥ ”
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śatasahasra -
śatasahasra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pūrṇa -
pūrṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūrṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]

√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
saṅkhyāḥ -
saṅkhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

saṅkhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sthira -
sthira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sthira (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
balavat -
balavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

balavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tanayāḥ -
tanaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tanayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sahema -
√sah (verb class 1)

[optative active first plural]
śṛṅgīḥ -
śṛṅgi (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

śṛṅgī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “anupagatajarāḥ payasvinīrgāḥ svayamadadātsutavṛddhaye dvijebhyaḥ ”
anupagatajarāḥ -
anupagatajara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

anupagatajarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
payasvinīr -
payasvinī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
gāḥ -
ga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gā (noun, feminine)

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

go (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√gā (verb class 2)

[injunctive active second single]

√gā (verb class 3)

[injunctive active second single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
adadāt -
√dā (verb class 3)

[imperfect active third single]
sutavṛddhaye -
sutavṛddhi (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
dvijebhyaḥ -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

dvija (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]