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 5.27

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मृगराजगतिस्ततो ऽभ्यगच्छन्नृपतिं मन्त्रिगणैरुपास्यमानम् ।
समितौ मरुतामिव ज्वलन्तं मघवन्तं त्रिदिवे सनत्कुमारः ॥ २७ ॥

mṛgarājagatistato 'bhyagacchannṛpatiṃ mantrigaṇairupāsyamānam |
samitau marutāmiva jvalantaṃ maghavantaṃ tridive sanatkumāraḥ || 27 ||

Then stepping like a lion he went towards the king who was attended by his numerous counsellors, like Sanatkumara in heaven waiting on Indra resplendent in the assembly of the Maruts.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mrigaraja, Gati, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Abhi, Pati, Mantrin, Mantri, Gana, Upasya, Ana, Samit, Samita, Samiti, Marut, Maruta, Iva, Jvalat, Maghavat, Tridiva, Sanatkumara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.27). 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: “mṛgarājagatistato 'bhyagacchannṛpatiṃ mantrigaṇairupāsyamānam ”
mṛgarāja -
mṛgarāja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
gatis -
gati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

gati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
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]
abhya -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

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

abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhi (noun, feminine)

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

abhī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
agacchann -
√gam (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third plural]
ṛ -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
patim -
pati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

pati (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
mantri -
mantri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mantrin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mantrin (noun, neuter)

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

mantrī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

mantrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

mantrī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
gaṇair -
gaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
upāsyam -
upāsya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

upāsya (noun, neuter)

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

upāsyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ānam -
āna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√an (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first single]
Line 2: “samitau marutāmiva jvalantaṃ maghavantaṃ tridive sanatkumāraḥ ”
samitau -
samit (noun, feminine)

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

samita (noun, masculine)

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

samiti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√sam -> samita (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √sam class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √sam class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √sam class 10 verb]
marutām -
marut (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

marut (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

marutā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jvalantam -
jvalat (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√jval -> jvalat (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jval class 1 verb]
maghavantam -
maghavat (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tridive -
tridiva (noun, neuter)

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

tridivā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sanatkumāraḥ -
sanatkumāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]