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 2.7

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तथास्य मन्दानिलमेघशब्दः सौदामिनीकुण्डलमण्डिताङ्गः ।
विनाश्मवर्षाशनिपातदोषैः काले च देशे प्रववर्ष देवः ॥ ७ ॥

tathāsya mandānilameghaśabdaḥ saudāminīkuṇḍalamaṇḍitāṅgaḥ |
vināśmavarṣāśanipātadoṣaiḥ kāle ca deśe pravavarṣa devaḥ || 7 ||

Heaven rained in his kingdom in due time and place, with the sound of gentle winds and clouds, and adorned with wreaths of lightning, and without any drawback of showers of stones or thunderbolts.
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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 (2.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Idam, Mandanila, Meghashabda, Saudamini, Kundalamandita, Vina, Ashmavarsha, Ashan, Ashani, Ashanin, Pata, Dosha, Kale, Kala, Desha, Prava, Varsha, Deva, Devri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.7). 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: “tathāsya mandānilameghaśabdaḥ saudāminīkuṇḍalamaṇḍitāṅgaḥ ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
mandānila -
mandānila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
meghaśabdaḥ -
meghaśabda (noun, masculine)

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

[compound]

saudāminī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
kuṇḍalamaṇḍitāṅ -
kuṇḍalamaṇḍitā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gaḥ -
ga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vināśmavarṣāśanipātadoṣaiḥ kāle ca deśe pravavarṣa devaḥ ”
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśmavarṣā -
aśmavarṣa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

aśani (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

aśanī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

aśanin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

aśanin (noun, neuter)

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

aśan (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
pāta -
pāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pāta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pā (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]

√pā (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
doṣaiḥ -
doṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
kāle -
kāle (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

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

kālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
deśe -
deśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

deśā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

prava (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

varṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
devaḥ -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

devṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]