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 2.27

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अथापरं भूमिपतेः प्रियो ऽयं सनत्कुमारप्रतिमः कुमारः ।
सार्धं तया शाक्यनरेन्द्रवध्वा शच्या सहस्राक्ष इवाभिरेमे ॥ २७ ॥

athāparaṃ bhūmipateḥ priyo 'yaṃ sanatkumārapratimaḥ kumāraḥ |
sārdhaṃ tayā śākyanarendravadhvā śacyā sahasrākṣa ivābhireme || 27 ||

Then after that the prince, beloved of the king his father, he who was like Sanatkumara, rejoiced in the society of that Shakya prinoess as the thousand-eyed (Indra) rejoiced with his bride Shaci.
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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 (2.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Aparam, Apara, Bhumipati, Pri, Priya, Aya, Idam, Sanatkumara, Pratima, Kumara, Sardham, Sardha, Shakya, Narendra, Vadhva, Vadhu, Shaci, Sahasraksha, Iva, Abhira, Iyam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.27). 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: “athāparaṃ bhūmipateḥ priyo 'yaṃ sanatkumārapratimaḥ kumāraḥ ”
athā -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aparam -
aparam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

apara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apara (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
bhūmipateḥ -
bhūmipati (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
priyo' -
prī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

prī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

priya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
pratimaḥ -
pratimā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

pratima (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kumāraḥ -
kumāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sārdhaṃ tayā śākyanarendravadhvā śacyā sahasrākṣa ivābhireme ”
sārdham -
sārdham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sārdha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sārdha (noun, neuter)

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

sārdhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tayā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
śākya -
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]
narendra -
narendra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vadhvā -
vadhvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vadhu (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

vadhū (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
śacyā -
śaci (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

śacī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
sahasrākṣa* -
sahasrākṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
abhire -
abhira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

abhira (noun, neuter)

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

abhirā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ime -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]