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 4.7

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एवं ता दृष्टिमात्रेण नार्यो ददृशुरेव तम् ।
न व्याजह्रुर्न जहसुः प्रभावेणास्य यन्त्रिताः ॥ ७ ॥

evaṃ tā dṛṣṭimātreṇa nāryo dadṛśureva tam |
na vyājahrurna jahasuḥ prabhāveṇāsya yantritāḥ || 7 ||

Thus the women only looked upon him, simply gazing with their eyes,—they spoke not, nor did they smile, controlled by his power.
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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 (4.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Tas, Drishti, Atra, Nari, Narya, Prabhava, Idam, Yantrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.7). 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: “evaṃ tā dṛṣṭimātreṇa nāryo dadṛśureva tam ”
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
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]
dṛṣṭim -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ātreṇa -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
nāryo* -
nārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√nṝ -> nārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √nṝ class 9 verb]
dadṛśur -
√dṛś (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
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]
Line 2: “na vyājahrurna jahasuḥ prabhāveṇāsya yantritāḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vyā -
vyā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
jahrur -
√hṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jahasuḥ -
√has (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
prabhāveṇā -
prabhāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

yantritā (noun, feminine)

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

√yantr -> yantrita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √yantr class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √yantr class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √yantr class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √yantr class 10 verb]

√yantr -> yantritā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √yantr class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √yantr class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √yantr class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √yantr class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √yantr class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √yantr class 10 verb]