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 2.29

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ततः शरत्तोयदपाण्डरेषु भूमौ विमानेष्विव रञ्जितेषु ।
हर्म्येषु सर्वर्तुसुखाश्रयेषु स्त्रीणामुदारैर्विजहार तूर्यैः ॥ २९ ॥

tataḥ śarattoyadapāṇḍareṣu bhūmau vimāneṣviva rañjiteṣu |
harmyeṣu sarvartusukhāśrayeṣu strīṇāmudārairvijahāra tūryaiḥ || 29 ||

Then he spent his time in those royal apartments, furnished with the delights proper for every season, gaily decorated like heavenly chariots upon the earth, and bright like the clouds of autumn, amidst the splendid musical concerts of singing-women.
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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 (2.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Sharad, Toyada, Pandara, Bhuma, Bhumi, Vimana, Iva, Ranjita, Harmya, Sukhashraya, Stri, Udara, Vija, Hara, Turya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.29). 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: “tataḥ śarattoyadapāṇḍareṣu bhūmau vimāneṣviva rañjiteṣu ”
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
śarat -
śarad (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
toyada -
toyada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pāṇḍareṣu -
pāṇḍara (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

pāṇḍara (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
bhūmau -
bhūma (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

bhūmi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

bhūmi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vimāneṣvi -
vimāna (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

vimāna (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rañjiteṣu -
rañjita (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

rañjita (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√rañj -> rañjita (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √rañj]

√rañj -> rañjita (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √rañj]
Line 2: “harmyeṣu sarvartusukhāśrayeṣu strīṇāmudārairvijahāra tūryaiḥ ”
harmyeṣu -
harmya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

harmya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
sarvartu -
sarvartu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
sukhāśrayeṣu -
sukhāśraya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sukhāśraya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
udārair -
udāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

udāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vija -
vija (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vija (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vij (verb class 6)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

hāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tūryaiḥ -
tūrya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

tūrya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]