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 4.33

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मुहुर्मुहुर्मदव्याजस्रस्तनीलांशुकापरा ।
आलक्ष्यरसना रेजे स्फुरद्विद्युदिव क्षपा ॥ ३३ ॥

muhurmuhurmadavyājasrastanīlāṃśukāparā |
ālakṣyarasanā reje sphuradvidyudiva kṣapā || 33 ||

Another, with her blue garments continually slipping down in pretended intoxication, stood conspicuous with her tongue visible like the night with its lightning flashing.
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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 (4.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Muhur, Mada, Vyaja, Srasta, Nilamshuka, Apara, Alakshya, Rasana, Rej, Reja, Sphurat, Vidyut, Iva, Kshapa, Kshap,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.33). 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: “muhurmuhurmadavyājasrastanīlāṃśukāparā ”
muhur -
muhur (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

muhur (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
muhur -
muhur (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

muhur (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mada -
mada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√mad (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
srasta -
srasta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

srasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sras -> srasta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sras class 1 verb]

√sras -> srasta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sras class 1 verb]
nīlāṃśukā -
nīlāṃśuka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aparā -
aparā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ālakṣyarasanā reje sphuradvidyudiva kṣapā ”
ālakṣya -
ālakṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ālakṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rasanā* -
rasana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rasanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
reje -
rej (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

rej (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

reja (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

reja (noun, neuter)

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

rejā (noun, feminine)

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

√raj (verb class 1)

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

√raj (verb class 4)

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

√rej (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]

√rij (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
sphurad -
sphurat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sphurat (noun, neuter)

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

√sphur -> sphurat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sphur class 6 verb], [vocative single from √sphur class 6 verb], [accusative single from √sphur class 6 verb]
vidyud -
vidyut (noun, masculine)

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

vidyut (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kṣapā -
kṣapā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṣap (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

kṣapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]