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 2.22

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वयो ऽनुरूपाणि च भूषणानि हिरण्मया हस्तिमृगाश्वकाश्च ।
रथाश्च गावो वसनप्रयुक्ता गन्त्रीश्च चामीकररूप्यचित्राः ॥ २२ ॥

vayo 'nurūpāṇi ca bhūṣaṇāni hiraṇmayā hastimṛgāśvakāśca |
rathāśca gāvo vasanaprayuktā gantrīśca cāmīkararūpyacitrāḥ || 22 ||

Ornaments also suitable to his age, and elephants, deer, and horses made of gold, carriages and oxen decked with rich garments, and carts gay with silver and gold.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaya, Vayas, Anurupa, Bhushana, Hiranmaya, Hastin, Hasti, Mriga, Ashvaka, Ratha, Gava, Vasana, Prayukta, Gantri, Camikara, Rupin, Rupya, Acitra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.22). 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: “vayo 'nurūpāṇi ca bhūṣaṇāni hiraṇmayā hastimṛgāśvakāśca ”
vayo' -
vayas (noun, neuter)

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

vaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ve (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
anurūpāṇi -
anurūpa (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhūṣaṇāni -
bhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hiraṇmayā* -
hiraṇmaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
hasti -
hastin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

hastin (noun, neuter)

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

hastī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

hastī (noun, feminine)

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

hastī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mṛgā -
mṛga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mṛgā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśvakāś -
aśvaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “rathāśca gāvo vasanaprayuktā gantrīśca cāmīkararūpyacitrāḥ ”
rathāś -
ratha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gāvo* -
go (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√gā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]

√gā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
vasana -
vasana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prayuktā* -
prayukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prayuktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
gantrīś -
gantrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

cāmīkara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rūpya -
rūpin (noun, masculine)

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

rūpin (noun, neuter)

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

rūpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rūp -> rūpya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √rūp]

√rūp -> rūpya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √rūp class 10 verb]

√rūp -> rūpya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √rūp class 10 verb]
acitrāḥ -
acitra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

acitrā (noun, feminine)

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