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 2.31

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वाग्भिः कलाभिर्ललितैश्च हारैर्मदैः सखेलैर्मधुरैश्च हासैः ।
तं तत्र नार्यो रमयाम्बभूवुर्भ्रूवञ्चितैरर्धनिरीक्षितैश्च ॥ ३१ ॥

vāgbhiḥ kalābhirlalitaiśca hārairmadaiḥ sakhelairmadhuraiśca hāsaiḥ |
taṃ tatra nāryo ramayāmbabhūvurbhrūvañcitairardhanirīkṣitaiśca || 31 ||

There the women delighted him with their soft voices, their beautiful pearl-garlands,—their playful intoxication, their sweet laughter, and their stolen glances concealed by their brows.
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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 (2.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vac, Kala, Lalita, Hara, Mada, Sakha, Sakhi, Ila, Madhura, Hasa, Tatra, Nari, Narya, Bhruvancita, Ardha, Nirikshin, Tad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.31). 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: “vāgbhiḥ kalābhirlalitaiśca hārairmadaiḥ sakhelairmadhuraiśca hāsaiḥ ”
vāgbhiḥ -
vāc (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
kalābhir -
kalā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
lalitaiś -
lalita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

lalita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√lal -> lalita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √lal class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √lal]

√lal -> lalita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √lal class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √lal]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hārair -
hāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

hāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
madaiḥ -
mada (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

mada (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
sakhe -
sakha (noun, masculine)

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

sakhi (noun, masculine)

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

sakhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ilai -
ilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√il (verb class 6)

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

[instrumental plural]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
madhuraiś -
madhura (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

madhura (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hāsaiḥ -
hāsa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “taṃ tatra nāryo ramayāmbabhūvurbhrūvañcitairardhanirīkṣitaiśca ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nāryo* -
nārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√nṝ -> nārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √nṝ class 9 verb]
ramayām -
√ram -> ramayām (periphrastic_perfect)

[periphrastic_perfect from √ram]
babhūvur -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
bhrūvañcitair -
bhrūvañcita (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ardha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirīkṣi -
nirīkṣin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nirīkṣin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
taiś -
ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]