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 1.93

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भवनमथ विगाह्य शाक्यराजो भव इव षण्मुखजन्मना प्रतीतः ।
इदमिदमिति हर्षपूर्णवक्त्रो बहुविधपुष्टियशस्करं व्यधत्त ॥ ९३ ॥

bhavanamatha vigāhya śākyarājo bhava iva ṣaṇmukhajanmanā pratītaḥ |
idamidamiti harṣapūrṇavaktro bahuvidhapuṣṭiyaśaskaraṃ vyadhatta || 93 ||

The Shakya king, having entered his palace, like Bhava well-pleased at the birth of Karttikeya, with his face full of joy, gave orders for lavish expenditure, showing all kinds of honour and liberality.
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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 (1.93). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhavana, Atha, Vigahya, Shaki, Shakin, Shakya, Bhava, Bhu, Iva, Shanmukha, Janman, Pratita, Idam, Iti, Harshapurnavaktra, Bahuvidha, Yashaskara, Vyadha, Tta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.93). 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: “bhavanamatha vigāhya śākyarājo bhava iva ṣaṇmukhajanmanā pratītaḥ ”
bhavanam -
bhavana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhavana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vigāhya -
vigāhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vigāhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śākya -
śākī (noun, feminine)

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

śākin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

śākin (noun, neuter)

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

śākya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śākya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śac -> śākya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śākya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]
arājo* -
√rāj (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
bhava* -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ṣaṇmukha -
ṣaṇmukha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṣaṇmukha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
janmanā -
janman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pratītaḥ -
pratīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “idamidamiti harṣapūrṇavaktro bahuvidhapuṣṭiyaśaskaraṃ vyadhatta ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
harṣapūrṇavaktro* -
harṣapūrṇavaktra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bahuvidha -
bahuvidha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bahuvidha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puṣṭi -
puṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
yaśaskaram -
yaśaskara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yaśaskara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vyadha -
vyadha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]