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 3.9

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ततः प्रकीर्णोज्ज्वलपुष्पजालं विषक्तमाल्यं प्रचलत्पताकम् ।
मार्गं प्रपेदे सदृशानुयात्रश्चन्द्रः सनक्षत्र इवान्तरीक्षम् ॥ ९ ॥

tataḥ prakīrṇojjvalapuṣpajālaṃ viṣaktamālyaṃ pracalatpatākam |
mārgaṃ prapede sadṛśānuyātraścandraḥ sanakṣatra ivāntarīkṣam || 9 ||

With a worthy retinue he entered the road which was strewn with heaps of gleaming flowers, with garlands suspended and banners waving, like the moon with its asterism entering the sky.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Prakirna, Ujjvala, Pushpaja, Alam, Ala, Vishakta, Ali, Alin, Pracalat, Pataka, Marga, Prapa, Sadrisha, Candra, Sanaj, Sha, Tra, Iva, Antariksha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.9). 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 prakīrṇojjvalapuṣpajālaṃ viṣaktamālyaṃ pracalatpatākam ”
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]
prakīrṇo -
prakīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakīrṇā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ujjvala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puṣpajā -
puṣpaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

puṣpaja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

puṣpajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
alam -
alam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
viṣaktam -
viṣakta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viṣakta (noun, neuter)

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

viṣaktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ālya -
āli (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

āli (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

āli (noun, neuter)

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

ālī (noun, feminine)

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

ālin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
pracalat -
pracalat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pracalat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
patākam -
patāka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

patākā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “mārgaṃ prapede sadṛśānuyātraścandraḥ sanakṣatra ivāntarīkṣam ”
mārgam -
mārga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mārga (noun, neuter)

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

mārgā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prape -
prapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ide -
sadṛśān -
sadṛśa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
uyāt -
√u (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
raś -
ra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
candraḥ -
candra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sanak -
sanaj (noun, masculine)

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

sanaj (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tra* -
tra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
antarīkṣam -
antarīkṣa (noun, neuter)

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