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 3.20

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ततो विमानैर्युवतीकलापैः कौतूहलोद्घाटितवातयानैः ।
श्रीमत्समन्तान्नगरं बभासे वियद्विमानैरिव साप्सरोभिः ॥ २० ॥

tato vimānairyuvatīkalāpaiḥ kautūhalodghāṭitavātayānaiḥ |
śrīmatsamantānnagaraṃ babhāse viyadvimānairiva sāpsarobhiḥ || 20 ||

With the palaces all alive with crowds of damsels, every aperture thrown open in eager curiosity, the magnificent city appeared on every side like heaven with its divine chariots thronged with celestial nymphs.
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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 (3.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vimana, Yuvat, Yuvati, Kalapa, Kautuhala, Udghatita, Vatayana, Shrimat, Samanta, Viyat, Iva, Apsaras,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.20). 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: “tato vimānairyuvatīkalāpaiḥ kautūhalodghāṭitavātayānaiḥ ”
tato* -
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]
vimānair -
vimāna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vimāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
yuvatī -
yuvatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

yuvat (noun, neuter)

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

yuvati (noun, feminine)

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

√yu -> yuvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √yu class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √yu class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √yu class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √yu class 6 verb]

√yu -> yuvatī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √yu class 2 verb]
kalāpaiḥ -
kalāpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
kautūhalo -
kautūhala (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

udghāṭita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vātayānaiḥ -
vātayāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “śrīmatsamantānnagaraṃ babhāse viyadvimānairiva sāpsarobhiḥ ”
śrīmat -
śrīmat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

śrīmat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
samantānn -
samanta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
agaram -
√gṛ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
babhāse -
√bhās (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
viyad -
viyat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

viyat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√vī -> viyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vī class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vī class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vī class 2 verb]
vimānair -
vimāna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vimāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apsarobhiḥ -
apsaras (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]