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 4.20

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विश्वामित्रो महर्षिश्च विगाढो ऽपि महत्तपाः ।
दशवर्षाण्यरण्यस्थो घृताच्याप्सरसा हृतः ॥ २० ॥

viśvāmitro maharṣiśca vigāḍho 'pi mahattapāḥ |
daśavarṣāṇyaraṇyastho ghṛtācyāpsarasā hṛtaḥ || 20 ||

'And the great seer Vishvamitra, though plunged in a profound penance, was carried captive for ten years in the forests by the nymph Ghritaci.
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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 (4.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishvamitra, Maharshi, Vigadhri, Vigadha, Api, Mahat, Tapa, Dashavarsha, Arani, Aranya, Tha, Ghritaci, Apsarasa, Hrit, Hrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.20). 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: “viśvāmitro maharṣiśca vigāḍho 'pi mahattapāḥ ”
viśvāmitro* -
viśvāmitra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
maharṣiś -
maharṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vigāḍho' -
vigāḍhṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

vigāḍhṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vigāḍha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
mahat -
atimahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tapāḥ -
tapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “daśavarṣāṇyaraṇyastho ghṛtācyāpsarasā hṛtaḥ ”
daśavarṣāṇya -
daśavarṣa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
araṇyas -
araṇī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

araṇya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√raṇ (verb class 4)

[imperfect active second single]
tho* -
tha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ghṛtācyā -
ghṛtāci (noun, masculine)

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

ghṛtācī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
āpsarasā* -
āpsarasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
hṛtaḥ -
hṛt (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

hṛt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√hṛ -> hṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]