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 4.4

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तं हि ता मेनिरे नार्यः कामो विग्रहवानिति ।
शोभितं लक्षणैर्दीप्तैः सहजैर्भूषणैरिव ॥ ४ ॥

taṃ hi tā menire nāryaḥ kāmo vigrahavāniti |
śobhitaṃ lakṣaṇairdīptaiḥ sahajairbhūṣaṇairiva || 4 ||

Some of the women verily thought that he was Kama incarnate,—decorated as he was with his brilliant signs as with connate ornaments.
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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 (4.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tas, Nari, Narya, Kama, Vigrahavat, Iti, Shobhita, Lakshana, Dipta, Sahaja, Bhushana, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.4). 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: “taṃ hi tā menire nāryaḥ kāmo vigrahavāniti ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tā* -
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]
menire -
√man (verb class 4)

[perfect middle third plural]

√man (verb class 8)

[perfect middle third plural]
nāryaḥ -
nārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√nṝ -> nārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √nṝ class 9 verb]
kāmo* -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vigrahavān -
vigrahavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
Line 2: “śobhitaṃ lakṣaṇairdīptaiḥ sahajairbhūṣaṇairiva ”
śobhitam -
śobhita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śobhita (noun, neuter)

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

śobhitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śubh -> śobhita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √śubh]

√śubh -> śobhita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √śubh]

√śubh -> śobhitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √śubh]

√śubh -> śobhita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śubh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śubh class 6 verb], [accusative single from √śubh]

√śubh -> śobhita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śubh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śubh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śubh class 6 verb], [accusative single from √śubh class 6 verb], [nominative single from √śubh], [accusative single from √śubh]
lakṣaṇair -
lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
dīptaiḥ -
dīpta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dīpta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
sahajair -
sahaja (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

sahaja (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
bhūṣaṇair -
bhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

bhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]