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 4.5

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सौम्यत्वाच्चैव धैर्याच्च काश्चिदेनं प्रजज्ञिरे ।
अवतीर्णो महीं साक्षाद् सुधांशुश्चन्द्रमा इव ॥ ५ ॥

saumyatvāccaiva dhairyācca kāścidenaṃ prajajñire |
avatīrṇo mahīṃ sākṣād sudhāṃśuścandramā iva || 5 ||

Others thought from his gentleness and majesty that it was the moon with its ambrosial beams as it were visibly come down to the earth.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Saumyatva, Dhairya, Prajajni, Avatirna, Mahi, Sudhamshu, Candrama, Candramas, 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 4.5). 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: “saumyatvāccaiva dhairyācca kāścidenaṃ prajajñire ”
saumyatvāc -
saumyatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dhairyāc -
dhairya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse kāścidenam*pr
prajajñi -
prajajñi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

prajajñi (noun, neuter)

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

prajajñi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
re -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

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

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “avatīrṇo mahīṃ sākṣād sudhāṃśuścandramā iva ”
avatīrṇo* -
avatīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mahīm -
mahī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sākṣād -
sudhāṃśuś -
sudhāṃśu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
candramā* -
candramā (noun, feminine)

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

candramas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

candrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]