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 2.32

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ततश्च कामाश्रयपण्डिताभिः स्त्रीभिर्गृहीतो रतिकर्कशाभिः ।
विमानपृष्ठान्न महीं जगाम विमानपृष्थादिव पुण्यकर्मा ॥ ३२ ॥

tataśca kāmāśrayapaṇḍitābhiḥ strībhirgṛhīto ratikarkaśābhiḥ |
vimānapṛṣṭhānna mahīṃ jagāma vimānapṛṣthādiva puṇyakarmā || 32 ||

Borne in the arms of these women well-skilled in the ways of love, and reckless in the pursuit of pleasure, he fell from the roof of a pavilion and yet reached not the ground, like a holy sage stepping from a heavenly chariot.
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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 (2.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Kama, Ashraya, Pandita, Stri, Grihitri, Grihita, Ratika, Ric, Ashan, Abhi, Vimana, Prishtha, Mahi, Punyakarman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 2.32). 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: “tataśca kāmāśrayapaṇḍitābhiḥ strībhirgṛhīto ratikarkaśābhiḥ ”
tataś -
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]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāmā -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāmā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

āśraya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paṇḍitābhiḥ -
paṇḍitā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]

√paṇḍ -> paṇḍitā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
strībhir -
strī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
gṛhīto* -
gṛhītṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

gṛhīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√grah -> gṛhīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb]
ratikar -
ratika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ratika (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ratikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ṛk -
ṛc (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [nominative single]
abhiḥ -
abhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

abhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vimānapṛṣṭhānna mahīṃ jagāma vimānapṛṣthādiva puṇyakarmā ”
vimāna -
vimāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vimāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pṛṣṭhān -
pṛṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mahīm -
mahī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
jagāma -
√gā (verb class 3)

[imperative active first plural]

√gam (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√gam (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√gam (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Cannot analyse vimānapṛṣthādiva*pu
puṇyakarmā -
puṇyakarman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]