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 4.78

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ययातिश्चैव राजर्षिर्वयस्यपि विनिर्गते ।
विश्वाच्याप्सरसा सार्धं रेमे चैत्ररथे वने ॥ ७८ ॥

yayātiścaiva rājarṣirvayasyapi vinirgate |
viśvācyāpsarasā sārdhaṃ reme caitrarathe vane || 78 ||

'And the seer-king Yayati, even when the vigour of his prime was gone, sported in the Caitraratha forest with the Apsaras Vishvaci.
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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 (4.78). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yayati, Rajarshi, Vaya, Vayas, Vayasya, Api, Vinirgata, Vinirgati, Vishvaci, Sardham, Sardha, Caitraratha, Caitrarathi, Vana, Vani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.78). 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: “yayātiścaiva rājarṣirvayasyapi vinirgate ”
yayātiś -
yayāti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
rājarṣir -
rājarṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vayasya -
vayasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vayasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vaya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vayas (noun, neuter)

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

√vay (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vinirgate -
vinirgata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vinirgata (noun, neuter)

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

vinirgatā (noun, feminine)

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

vinirgati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “viśvācyāpsarasā sārdhaṃ reme caitrarathe vane ”
viśvācyā -
viśvācī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
āpsarasā -
sārdham -
sārdham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sārdha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sārdha (noun, neuter)

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

sārdhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
reme -
√ram (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
caitrarathe -
caitraratha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

caitraratha (noun, neuter)

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

caitrarathā (noun, feminine)

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

caitrarathi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
vane -
vana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

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

vani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]