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 3.14

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ताः स्रस्तकाञ्चीगुणविघ्निताश्च सुप्तप्रबुद्धाकुललोचनाश्च ।
वृत्तान्तविन्यस्तविभूषणाश्च कौतूहलेनापि भृताः परीयुः ॥ १४ ॥

tāḥ srastakāñcīguṇavighnitāśca suptaprabuddhākulalocanāśca |
vṛttāntavinyastavibhūṣaṇāśca kautūhalenāpi bhṛtāḥ parīyuḥ || 14 ||

Hindered by the strings of their girdles which had slipped down, with their eyes bewildered as just awakened from sleep, and with their ornaments hastily put on in the stir of the news, and filled with curiosity, they crowded round;
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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 (3.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tas, Srasta, Kanci, Guna, Vighnita, Suptaprabuddha, Akula, Locana, Vrittanta, Vinyasta, Vibhushana, Kautuhala, Api, Bhrita, Pari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.14). 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: “tāḥ srastakāñcīguṇavighnitāśca suptaprabuddhākulalocanāśca ”
tāḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
srasta -
srasta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

srasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sras -> srasta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sras class 1 verb]

√sras -> srasta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sras class 1 verb]
kāñcī -
kāñcī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kāñci (noun, feminine)

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

kāñci (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
guṇa -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vighnitāś -
vighnita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vighnitā (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]
suptaprabuddhā -
suptaprabuddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

suptaprabuddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

suptaprabuddhā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

akula (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
locanāś -
locana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

locanā (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]
Line 2: “vṛttāntavinyastavibhūṣaṇāśca kautūhalenāpi bhṛtāḥ parīyuḥ ”
vṛttānta -
vṛttānta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vṛttānta (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vinyasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vibhūṣaṇāś -
vibhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vibhūṣaṇā (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]
kautūhalenā -
kautūhala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhṛtāḥ -
bhṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
parī -
pari (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

pari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pari (noun, masculine)

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

pari (noun, feminine)

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

pari (noun, neuter)

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

parī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

parī (noun, feminine)

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

parī (noun, neuter)

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

pari (Preverb)

[Preverb]
iyuḥ -
√i (verb class 2)

[optative active third plural], [perfect active third plural]