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 3.2

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श्रुत्वा ततः स्त्रीजनवल्लभानां मनोज्ञभावं पुरकाननानाम् ।
बहिःप्रयाणाय चकार बुद्धिमन्तर्गृहे नाग इवावरुद्धः ॥ २ ॥

śrutvā tataḥ strījanavallabhānāṃ manojñabhāvaṃ purakānanānām |
bahiḥprayāṇāya cakāra buddhimantargṛhe nāga ivāvaruddhaḥ || 2 ||

Having heard of the delightful appearance of the city groves beloved by the women, he resolved to go out of doors, like an elephant long shut up in a house.
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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 (3.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Strijana, Vallabha, Manojna, Bhava, Puraka, Ana, Bahihprayana, Cakara, Buddhimat, Tan, Ric, Naga, Iva, Avaruddha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.2). 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: “śrutvā tataḥ strījanavallabhānāṃ manojñabhāvaṃ purakānanānām ”
śrutvā -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
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]
strījana -
strījana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vallabhānām -
vallabha (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vallabha (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

vallabhā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
manojña -
manojña (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

manojña (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāvam -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
purakān -
puraka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
anānām -
ana (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “bahiḥprayāṇāya cakāra buddhimantargṛhe nāga ivāvaruddhaḥ ”
bahiḥprayāṇāya -
bahiḥprayāṇa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
cakāra -
cakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

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

√kṛ (verb class 2)

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

√kṛ (verb class 5)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

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

√kṛ (verb class 3)

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

√kṛ (verb class 6)

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

√kṝ (verb class 5)

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

√kṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
buddhiman -
buddhimat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
tar -
ta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
ṛ -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
he -
ha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

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

hā (noun, feminine)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present middle first single]
nāga* -
nāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
avaruddhaḥ -
avaruddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]