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 4.101

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ततो वृथाधारितभूषणस्रजः कलागुणैश्च प्रणयैश्च निष्फलैः ।
स्व एव भावे विनिगृह्य मन्मथं पुरं ययुर्भग्नमनोरथाः स्त्रियः ॥ १०१ ॥

tato vṛthādhāritabhūṣaṇasrajaḥ kalāguṇaiśca praṇayaiśca niṣphalaiḥ |
sva eva bhāve vinigṛhya manmathaṃ puraṃ yayurbhagnamanorathāḥ striyaḥ || 101 ||

And the women, having worn their garlands and ornaments in vain, with their graceful arts and endearments all fruitless, concealing their love deep in their hearts, returned to the city with broken hopes.
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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 (4.101). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vritha, Dharita, Bhushana, Sraj, Sraja, Kala, Aguna, Pranaya, Nishphala, Sva, Eva, Bhava, Grihya, Manmatha, Pur, Pura, Yayu, Bhagnamanoratha, Stri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.101). 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: “tato vṛthādhāritabhūṣaṇasrajaḥ kalāguṇaiśca praṇayaiśca niṣphalaiḥ ”
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
vṛthā -
vṛthā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vṛthā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

dhārita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dhṛ -> dhārita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √dhṛ]

√dhṛ -> dhārita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √dhṛ]

√dhṛ -> dhārita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √dhṛ]

√dhṛ -> dhārita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √dhṛ]
bhūṣaṇa -
bhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
srajaḥ -
sraj (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sraj (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sraj (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sraja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kalā -
kala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kal (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
aguṇaiś -
aguṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

aguṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
praṇayaiś -
praṇaya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niṣphalaiḥ -
niṣphala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

niṣphala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “sva eva bhāve vinigṛhya manmathaṃ puraṃ yayurbhagnamanorathāḥ striyaḥ ”
sva* -
sva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāve -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vini -
vi (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
gṛhya -
gṛhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gṛhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√grah -> gṛhya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √grah]

√grah -> gṛhya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]

√grah -> gṛhya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]
manmatham -
manmatha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

manmathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
puram -
pura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

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

purā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

pur (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yayur -
yayu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yayu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
bhagnamanorathāḥ -
bhagnamanoratha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhagnamanorathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
striyaḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]