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 3.5

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प्रत्यङ्गहीनान् विकलेन्द्रियांश्च जीर्णातुरादीन् कृपणांश्च भिक्षून् ।
ततः समुत्सार्य परेण साम्ना शोभां परा राजपथस्य चक्रुः ॥ ५ ॥

pratyaṅgahīnān vikalendriyāṃśca jīrṇāturādīn kṛpaṇāṃśca bhikṣūn |
tataḥ samutsārya pareṇa sāmnā śobhāṃ parā rājapathasya cakruḥ || 5 ||

Then having removed out of the way with the greatest gentleness all those who had mutilated limbs or maimed senses, the decrepit and the sick and all squalid beggars, they made the highway assume its perfect beauty.
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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 (3.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratyanga, Hina, Vikalendriya, Jirna, Ura, Adi, Kripana, Bhikshu, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Samud, Sarya, Parena, Para, Saman, Shobha, Rajapatha, Cakru,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.5). 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: “pratyaṅgahīnān vikalendriyāṃśca jīrṇāturādīn kṛpaṇāṃśca bhikṣūn ”
pratyaṅga -
pratyaṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratyaṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hīnān -
hīna (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √hā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √hā class 3 verb]
vikalendriyāṃś -
vikalendriya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jīrṇāt -
jīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

jīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√jṝ -> jīrṇa (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [ablative single from √jṝ class 4 verb], [ablative single from √jṝ class 9 verb]

√jṝ -> jīrṇa (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [ablative single from √jṝ class 4 verb], [ablative single from √jṝ class 9 verb]
urā -
uras (noun, masculine)

[compound]

uras (noun, neuter)

[compound]

urā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ādīn -
ādi (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
kṛpaṇāṃś -
kṛpaṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhikṣūn -
bhikṣu (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “tataḥ samutsārya pareṇa sāmnā śobhāṃ parā rājapathasya cakruḥ ”
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]
samut -
samud (noun, masculine)

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

samud (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sṛ -> sārya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √sṛ]

√sṛ -> sārya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √sṛ]

√sṛ -> sārya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sṛ]

√sṛ -> sārya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sṛ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √sṛ]

√sṛ -> sārya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sṛ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √sṛ]

√sṝ -> sārya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sṝ class 9 verb]

√sṝ -> sārya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sṝ class 9 verb]
pareṇa -
pareṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

para (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
sāmnā -
sāman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śobhām -
śobhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
parā* -
para (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

parā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
rājapathasya -
rājapatha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
cakruḥ -
cakru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

cakru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active third plural]