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 4.30

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स्रस्तांसकोमलालम्बमृदुबाहुलताबला ।
अनृतं स्खलितं काचित्कृत्वैनं सस्वजे बलात् ॥ ३० ॥

srastāṃsakomalālambamṛdubāhulatābalā |
anṛtaṃ skhalitaṃ kācitkṛtvainaṃ sasvaje balāt || 30 ||

Another violently embraced him after making a pretended stumble,—leaning on him with her shoulders drooping down, and with her gentle creeper-like arms dependent.
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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 (4.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Srastamsa, Komala, Alambam, Alamba, Bahulata, Abala, Anrita, Skhalita, Acit, Kritva, Kritvan, Aina, Balat, Bala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.30). 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: “srastāṃsakomalālambamṛdubāhulatābalā ”
srastāṃsa -
srastāṃsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

srastāṃsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
komalā -
komala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

komala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

komalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ālambam -
ālambam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ālamba (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ālamba (noun, neuter)

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

ālambā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ṛ -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
du -
dū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
bāhulatā -
bāhulatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abalā -
abalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “anṛtaṃ skhalitaṃ kācitkṛtvainaṃ sasvaje balāt ”
anṛtam -
anṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anṛta (noun, neuter)

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

anṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
skhalitam -
skhalita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

skhalita (noun, neuter)

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

skhalitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√skhal -> skhalita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √skhal]

√skhal -> skhalita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √skhal]

√skhal -> skhalitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √skhal]

√skhal -> skhalita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √skhal class 1 verb], [accusative single from √skhal]

√skhal -> skhalita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √skhal class 1 verb], [accusative single from √skhal class 1 verb], [nominative single from √skhal], [accusative single from √skhal]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
acit -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kṛtvai -
kṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṛtvan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kṛtvan (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]
ainam -
aina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
sasvaje -
√svaj (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√svañj (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
balāt -
balāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]