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 4.51

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मत्तस्य परपुष्टस्य रुवतः श्रूयतां ध्वनिः ।
अपरः कोकिलो ऽनुत्कः प्रतिश्रुत्येव कूजति ॥ ५१ ॥

mattasya parapuṣṭasya ruvataḥ śrūyatāṃ dhvaniḥ |
aparaḥ kokilo 'nutkaḥ pratiśrutyeva kūjati || 51 ||

'Come and listen to the notes of this intoxicated cuckoo as he sings, while another cuckoo sings as if consenting, wholly without care.
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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 (4.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matta, Parapushta, Ruvat, Dhvani, Apara, Kokila, Anutka, Pratishrut, Pratishruti, Eva, Kujat, Kujati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.51). 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: “mattasya parapuṣṭasya ruvataḥ śrūyatāṃ dhvaniḥ ”
mattasya -
matta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

matta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√mad -> matta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √mad class 1 verb], [genitive single from √mad class 3 verb], [genitive single from √mad class 4 verb]

√mad -> matta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √mad class 1 verb], [genitive single from √mad class 3 verb], [genitive single from √mad class 4 verb]
parapuṣṭasya -
parapuṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

parapuṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ruvataḥ -
√ru -> ruvat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √ru class 2 verb], [ablative single from √ru class 2 verb], [genitive single from √ru class 2 verb]

√ru -> ruvat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √ru class 2 verb], [genitive single from √ru class 2 verb]
śrūyatām -
√śru (verb class 5)

[imperative passive third single]
dhvaniḥ -
dhvani (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “aparaḥ kokilo 'nutkaḥ pratiśrutyeva kūjati ”
aparaḥ -
apara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kokilo' -
kokila (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anutkaḥ -
anutka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pratiśrutye -
pratiśruti (noun, feminine)

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

pratiśrut (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

kūjati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kūjati (noun, neuter)

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

√kūj -> kūjat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kūj class 1 verb]

√kūj -> kūjat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kūj class 1 verb]

√kūj (verb class 1)

[present active third single]