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 4.25

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ता भ्रूभिः प्रेक्षितैर्भावैर्हसितैर्ललितैर्गतैः ।
चक्रुराक्षेपिकाश्चेष्टा भीतभीता इवाङ्गनाः ॥ २५ ॥

tā bhrūbhiḥ prekṣitairbhāvairhasitairlalitairgataiḥ |
cakrurākṣepikāśceṣṭā bhītabhītā ivāṅganāḥ || 25 ||

With their brows, their glances, their coquetries, their smiles, their delicate movements, they made all sorts of significant gestures like women utterly terrified.
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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 (4.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tas, Bhru, Prekshita, Bhava, Hasita, Lalita, Gata, Cakru, Akshepin, Ceshta, Bhitabhita, Iva, Angana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.25). 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: “tā bhrūbhiḥ prekṣitairbhāvairhasitairlalitairgataiḥ ”
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]
bhrūbhiḥ -
bhrū (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
prekṣitair -
prekṣita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

prekṣita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
bhāvair -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
hasitair -
hasita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

hasita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√has -> hasita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √has class 1 verb]

√has -> hasita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √has class 1 verb]
lalitair -
lalita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

lalita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√lal -> lalita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √lal class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √lal]

√lal -> lalita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √lal class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √lal]
gataiḥ -
gata (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

gata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “cakrurākṣepikāśceṣṭā bhītabhītā ivāṅganāḥ ”
cakrur -
cakru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

cakru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active third plural]
ākṣepi -
ākṣepin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ākṣepin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kāś -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
ceṣṭā* -
ceṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ceṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhītabhītā* -
bhītabhīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhītabhītā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aṅganāḥ -
aṅganā (noun, feminine)

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