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 4.36

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काचित्पद्मवनादेत्य सपद्मा पद्मलोचना ।
पद्मवक्त्रस्य पार्श्वे ऽस्य पद्मश्रीरिव तस्थुषी ॥ ३६ ॥

kācitpadmavanādetya sapadmā padmalocanā |
padmavaktrasya pārśve 'sya padmaśrīriva tasthuṣī || 36 ||

Another, coming from a lotus-bed, carrying lotuses and with eyes like lotuses, stood like the lotus-goddess Padma, by the side of that lotus-faced prince.
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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 (4.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acit, Padmavat, Ada, Adi, Itya, Sapadma, Padmalocana, Padma, Vaktra, Parshva, Parshvi, Idam, Padmashri, Iva, Tasthivas, Tasthushi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.36). 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: “kācitpadmavanādetya sapadmā padmalocanā ”
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]
padmavan -
padmavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
āde -
āda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

āda (noun, neuter)

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

ādā (noun, feminine)

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

ādi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ādi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√ad (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
itya -
itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
sapadmā -
sapadmā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “padmavaktrasya pārśve 'sya padmaśrīriva tasthuṣī ”
padma -
padma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

padma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaktrasya -
vaktra (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vaktra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
pārśve' -
pārśva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pārśva (noun, neuter)

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

pārśvi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

pārśvi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

pārśvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
padmaśrīr -
padmaśrī (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tasthuṣī -
tasthuṣī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

tasthivas (noun, neuter)

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

√sthā -> tasthuṣī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]