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 4.28

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स तस्मिन् कानने रम्ये जज्वाल स्त्रीपुरःसरः ।
आक्रीड इव बभ्राजे विवस्वानप्सरोवृतः ॥ २८ ॥

sa tasmin kānane ramye jajvāla strīpuraḥsaraḥ |
ākrīḍa iva babhrāje vivasvānapsarovṛtaḥ || 28 ||

Attended by the women he shone in that pleasant grove, as the sun surrounded by Apsarasas in his royal garden.
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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 (4.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Kanana, Ramya, Stri, Purahsara, Akrida, Iva, Vivasvat, Apsaras, Apsara, Vrit, Vrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.28). 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: “sa tasmin kānane ramye jajvāla strīpuraḥsaraḥ ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasmin -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kānane -
kānana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
ramye -
ramya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ramya (noun, neuter)

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

ramyā (noun, feminine)

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

√ram -> ramya (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √ram class 1 verb], [locative single from √ram]

√ram -> ramya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ram class 1 verb], [locative single from √ram class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √ram], [vocative dual from √ram], [accusative dual from √ram], [locative single from √ram]

√ram -> ramyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ram class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √ram], [vocative single from √ram], [vocative dual from √ram], [accusative dual from √ram]

√ram (verb class 1)

[present passive first single]

√ram (verb class 0)

[present passive first single]
jajvāla -
√jval (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
puraḥsaraḥ -
puraḥsara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ākrīḍa iva babhrāje vivasvānapsarovṛtaḥ ”
ākrīḍa* -
ākrīḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
babhrāje -
√bhrāj (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
vivasvān -
vivasvat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
apsaro -
apsaras (noun, feminine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apsara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vṛtaḥ -
vṛt (noun, masculine)

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

vṛt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]