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 3.8

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ततः स जाम्बूनदभाण्डभृद्भिर्युक्तं चतुर्भिर्निभृतैस्तुरङ्गैः ।
अक्लीवविध्युच्छुचिरश्मिधारां हिरण्मयं स्यन्दनमारुरोह ॥ ८ ॥

tataḥ sa jāmbūnadabhāṇḍabhṛdbhiryuktaṃ caturbhirnibhṛtaisturaṅgaiḥ |
aklīvavidhyucchuciraśmidhārāṃ hiraṇmayaṃ syandanamāruroha || 8 ||

He then mounted a golden chariot, adorned with reins bright like flashing lightning, and yoked with four gentle horses, all wearing golden trappings.
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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 (3.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Jambunada, Bhanda, Bhrit, Yuktam, Yukta, Catus, Nibhrita, Turanga, Hiranmaya, Syandana, Aru, Oha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.8). 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 sa jāmbūnadabhāṇḍabhṛdbhiryuktaṃ caturbhirnibhṛtaisturaṅgaiḥ ”
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]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

jāmbūnada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāṇḍa -
bhāṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhṛdbhir -
bhṛt (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

bhṛt (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
yuktam -
yuktam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yukta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yukta (noun, neuter)

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

yuktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
caturbhir -
catus (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
nibhṛtais -
nibhṛta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

nibhṛta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
turaṅgaiḥ -
turaṅga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “aklīvavidhyucchuciraśmidhārāṃ hiraṇmayaṃ syandanamāruroha ”
Cannot analyse aklīvavidhyucchuciraśmidhārām*hi
hiraṇmayam -
hiraṇmaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hiraṇmaya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
syandanam -
syandana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

syandana (noun, neuter)

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

syandanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ārur -
āru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

āru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ār (verb class 4)

[perfect active third plural]
oha -
oha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

oha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√uh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]