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 4.38

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शुभेन वदनेनान्या भ्रूकार्मुकविकर्षिणा ।
प्रावृत्यानुचकारास्य चेष्टितं वीरलीलया ॥ ३८ ॥

śubhena vadanenānyā bhrūkārmukavikarṣiṇā |
prāvṛtyānucakārāsya ceṣṭitaṃ vīralīlayā || 38 ||

Another, having armed herself with her bright face, with its brow-bow drawn to its full, imitated his action, as playing the hero.
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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 (4.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shubha, Vadana, Ani, Anya, Karmuka, Vikarshin, Pravriti, Pravrit, Anu, Cakara, Idam, Ceshtita, Viralila,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.38). 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: “śubhena vadanenānyā bhrūkārmukavikarṣiṇā ”
śubhena -
śubha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śubha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vadanenā -
vadana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
anyā* -
anī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√an (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
bhrū -
bhrū (noun, feminine)

[compound]
kārmuka -
kārmuka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kārmuka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vikarṣiṇā -
vikarṣin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vikarṣin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “prāvṛtyānucakārāsya ceṣṭitaṃ vīralīlayā ”
prāvṛtyā -
prāvṛti (noun, feminine)

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

prāvṛt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

prāvṛt (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

prāvṛt (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

ānu (noun, neuter)

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

ānu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ānu (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cakārā -
cakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
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]
ceṣṭitam -
ceṣṭita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ceṣṭita (noun, neuter)

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

ceṣṭitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √ceṣṭ]

√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √ceṣṭ]

√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √ceṣṭ]

√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √ceṣṭ]

√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √ceṣṭ], [accusative single from √ceṣṭ]
vīralīlayā -
vīralīlā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]