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 3.21

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वातायनानामविशालभावादन्योन्यगण्डार्पितकुण्डलानि ।
मुखानि रेजुः प्रमदोत्तमानां बद्धाः कलाप इव पङ्कजानाम् ॥ २१ ॥

vātāyanānāmaviśālabhāvādanyonyagaṇḍārpitakuṇḍalāni |
mukhāni rejuḥ pramadottamānāṃ baddhāḥ kalāpa iva paṅkajānām || 21 ||

The faces of the beautiful women shone like lotuses wreathed in garlands, while through the narrowness of the windows their earrings were transferred to each other's cheeks.
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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 (3.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vatayana, Avishalabhava, Anyonya, Ganda, Arpita, Kundala, Kundalani, Mukha, Pramad, Pramada, Uttama, Baddha, Kalapa, Iva, Pankaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.21). 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: “vātāyanānāmaviśālabhāvādanyonyagaṇḍārpitakuṇḍalāni ”
vātāyanānām -
vātāyana (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vātāyana (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

vātāyanā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
aviśālabhāvād -
aviśālabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
anyonya -
anyonya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anyonya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gaṇḍā -
gaṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gaṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

gaṇḍā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√gaṇḍ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
arpita -
arpita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

arpita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ṛ -> arpita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √ṛ]

√ṛ -> arpita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √ṛ]

√ṛ -> arpita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √ṛ]

√ṛ -> arpita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √ṛ]
kuṇḍalāni -
kuṇḍalāni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

kuṇḍalāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kuṇḍalāni (noun, neuter)

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

kuṇḍala (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “mukhāni rejuḥ pramadottamānāṃ baddhāḥ kalāpa iva paṅkajānām ”
mukhāni -
mukha (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
rejuḥ -
√rāj (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√raj (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√raj (verb class 4)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pramada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pramad (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

pramadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uttamānām -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

uttama (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

uttamā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
baddhāḥ -
baddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

baddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kalāpa* -
kalāpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
paṅkajānām -
paṅkaja (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

paṅkaja (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]