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 4.77

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मातङ्ग्यामक्षमालायां गर्हितायां रिरंसया ।
कपिञ्जलादं तनयं वसिष्ठो ऽजनयन्मुनिः ॥ ७७ ॥

mātaṅgyāmakṣamālāyāṃ garhitāyāṃ riraṃsayā |
kapiñjalādaṃ tanayaṃ vasiṣṭho 'janayanmuniḥ || 77 ||

'The sage Vashishtha through lust begot a son Kapinjalada on Akshamala a despised low-caste woman.
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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 (4.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matangi, Akshamala, Garhita, Riramsa, Kapinjalada, Tanaya, Vasishtha, Muni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.77). 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: “mātaṅgyāmakṣamālāyāṃ garhitāyāṃ riraṃsayā ”
mātaṅgyām -
mātaṅgī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
akṣamālāyām -
akṣamālā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
garhitāyām -
garhitā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
riraṃsayā -
riraṃsā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “kapiñjalādaṃ tanayaṃ vasiṣṭho 'janayanmuniḥ ”
kapiñjalādam -
kapiñjalāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tanayam -
tanaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tanaya (noun, neuter)

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

tanayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vasiṣṭho' -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ajanayan -
√jan (verb class 10)

[imperfect active third single], [imperfect active third plural]

√jan (verb class 0)

[imperfect active third single], [imperfect active third plural]
muniḥ -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]