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 3.12

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निःसृत्य कुब्जाश्च महाकुलेभ्यो व्यूहाश्च कैरातकवामनानाम् ।
नार्यः कृशेभ्यश्च निवेशनेभ्यो देवानुयानध्वजवत् प्रणेमुः ॥ १२ ॥

niḥsṛtya kubjāśca mahākulebhyo vyūhāśca kairātakavāmanānām |
nāryaḥ kṛśebhyaśca niveśanebhyo devānuyānadhvajavat praṇemuḥ || 12 ||

Hump-backed men coming out from the great families, and troops of foresters and dwarfs, and women coming out from the meaner houses bowed down like the banners of some procession of the gods.
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 (3.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nihsritya, Kubja, Mahakula, Vyuha, Kairataka, Vamana, Nari, Narya, Krisha, Niveshana, Deva, Ana, Dhvajavat, Prana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.12). 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: “niḥsṛtya kubjāśca mahākulebhyo vyūhāśca kairātakavāmanānām ”
niḥsṛtya -
niḥsṛtya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

niḥsṛtya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kubjāś -
kubja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kubjā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

mahākula (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
vyūhāś -
vyūha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vyūhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kairātaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāmanānām -
vāmana (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vāmana (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

vāmanā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “nāryaḥ kṛśebhyaśca niveśanebhyo devānuyānadhvajavat praṇemuḥ ”
nāryaḥ -
nārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√nṝ -> nārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √nṝ class 9 verb]
kṛśebhyaś -
kṛśa (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

kṛśa (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

niveśana (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
devān -
deva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
uyā -
√vā -> uya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vā]
ana -
ana (noun, masculine)

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

[compound]

dhvajavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
praṇe -
praṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

praṇa (noun, neuter)

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

praṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
muḥ -
mur (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

mu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]