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 5.26

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अथ काञ्चनशैलशृङ्गवर्ष्मा गजमेघर्षभबाहुनिस्वनाक्षः ।
क्षयमक्षयधर्मजातरागः शशिसिंहाननविक्रमः प्रपेदे ॥ २६ ॥

atha kāñcanaśailaśṛṅgavarṣmā gajamegharṣabhabāhunisvanākṣaḥ |
kṣayamakṣayadharmajātarāgaḥ śaśisiṃhānanavikramaḥ prapede || 26 ||

Then the prince whose form was like the peak of a golden mountain,—whose eye, voice, and arm resembled a bull, a cloud, and an elephant,—whose countenance and prowess were like the moon and a lion,—having a longing aroused for something imperishable,—went into his palace.
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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 (5.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Kancana, Shailashringa, Varshma, Gaja, Megha, Rishabha, Nisvana, Aksha, Kshaya, Akshaya, Dharmaja, Araga, Shashi, Simhanana, Vikrama, Prapa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.26). 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: “atha kāñcanaśailaśṛṅgavarṣmā gajamegharṣabhabāhunisvanākṣaḥ ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāñcana -
kāñcana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāñcana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śailaśṛṅga -
śailaśṛṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varṣmā* -
varṣma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
gaja -
gaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√gaj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
meghar -
megha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

megha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

meghā (noun, feminine)

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

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

[compound], [adverb]
nisvanā -
nisvana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
akṣaḥ -
akṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṣar (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
Line 2: “kṣayamakṣayadharmajātarāgaḥ śaśisiṃhānanavikramaḥ prapede ”
kṣayam -
kṣaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣaya (noun, neuter)

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

kṣayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
akṣaya -
akṣaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

akṣaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmajāt -
dharmaja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

dharmaja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
arāgaḥ -
arāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śaśi -
śaśī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

śaśin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
siṃhānana -
siṃhānana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vikramaḥ -
vikrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prape -
prapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
de -
da (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

dā (noun, feminine)

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

dā (noun, masculine)

[dative single]