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 3.25

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कीर्णं तथा राजपथं कुमारः पौरैर्विनीतैः शुचिधीरवेषैः ।
तत्पूर्वमालोक्य जहर्ष किञ्चिन्मेने पुनर्भावमिवात्मनश्च ॥ २५ ॥

kīrṇaṃ tathā rājapathaṃ kumāraḥ paurairvinītaiḥ śucidhīraveṣaiḥ |
tatpūrvamālokya jaharṣa kiñcinmene punarbhāvamivātmanaśca || 25 ||

Beholding for the first time that high-road thus crowded with respectful citizens, all dressed in white sedate garments, the prince for a while did feel a little pleasure and thought that it seemed to promise a revival of his youth.
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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 (3.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kirna, Tatha, Rajapatha, Kumara, Paura, Vinita, Shuc, Shuci, Shucin, Dhira, Vesha, Tatpurva, Alokya, Kincid, Kincit, Mena, Meni, Punarbhava, Iva, Atman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.25). 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: “kīrṇaṃ tathā rājapathaṃ kumāraḥ paurairvinītaiḥ śucidhīraveṣaiḥ ”
kīrṇam -
kīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kīrṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kīrṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṝ -> kīrṇa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]

√kṝ -> kīrṇa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
rājapatham -
rājapatha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
kumāraḥ -
kumāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paurair -
paura (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

paura (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vinītaiḥ -
vinīta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vinīta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
śuci -
śuci (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śuci (noun, neuter)

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

śuci (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

śucin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śucin (noun, neuter)

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

śucī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

śucī (noun, feminine)

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

śucī (noun, neuter)

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

śuc (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

śuc (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śuc (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
dhīra -
dhīra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhīra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
veṣaiḥ -
veṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

veṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “tatpūrvamālokya jaharṣa kiñcinmene punarbhāvamivātmanaśca ”
tatpūrvam -
tatpūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tatpūrva (noun, neuter)

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

tatpūrvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ālokya -
ālokya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jaharṣa -
√hṛṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√hṛṣ (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
kiñcin -
kiñcid (noun, neuter)

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

kiñcit (noun, masculine)

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

kiñcit (noun, feminine)

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

kiñcit (noun, neuter)

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

[locative single]

menā (noun, feminine)

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

meni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√man (verb class 4)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√man (verb class 8)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
punarbhāvam -
punarbhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ātmanaś -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]