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 5.42

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स हि काञ्चनपर्वतावदातो हृदयोन्मादकरो वराङ्गनानाम् ।
श्रवनाङ्गविलोचनात्मभावान् वचनस्पर्शवपुर्गुणैर्जहार ॥ ४२ ॥

sa hi kāñcanaparvatāvadāto hṛdayonmādakaro varāṅganānām |
śravanāṅgavilocanātmabhāvān vacanasparśavapurguṇairjahāra || 42 ||

Bright like a golden mountain, and bewitching the hearts of the noble women, he enraptured their ears, limbs, eyes, and souls by his speech, touch, form, and qualities.
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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 (5.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kancana, Parvata, Parvati, Adatri, Hridayonmadakara, Varangana, Shravat, Anga, Vilocana, Bhavat, Bhava, Vacana, Sparsha, Vapurguna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.42). 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: “sa hi kāñcanaparvatāvadāto hṛdayonmādakaro varāṅganānām ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kāñcana -
kāñcana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāñcana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
parvatāva -
parvata (noun, masculine)

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

parvati (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
adāto* -
adātṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
hṛdayonmādakaro* -
hṛdayonmādakara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
varāṅganānām -
varāṅganā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “śravanāṅgavilocanātmabhāvān vacanasparśavapurguṇairjahāra ”
śravan -
śravat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√śru (verb class 5)

[injunctive active third plural]
āṅga -
āṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vilocanāt -
vilocana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vilocana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ma -
ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāvān -
bhāvat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bhāva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vacana -
vacana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vacana (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sparśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vapurguṇair -
vapurguṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
jahāra -
√hṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√hṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]