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 5.47

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अथ तत्र सुरैस्तपोवरिष्ठैरकनिष्ठैर्व्यवसायमस्य बुद्ध्वा ।
युगपत्प्रमदाजनस्य निद्रा विहितासीद्विकृताश्च गात्रचेष्टाः ॥ ४७ ॥

atha tatra suraistapovariṣṭhairakaniṣṭhairvyavasāyamasya buddhvā |
yugapatpramadājanasya nidrā vihitāsīdvikṛtāśca gātraceṣṭāḥ || 47 ||

Then by the power of the heavenly beings most excellent in self-mortification, the Akanishthas, who knew the purpose of his heart, deep sleep was suddenly thrown on that company of women and their limbs and gestures became distorted.
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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 (5.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Tatra, Sura, Tapovarishtha, Akanishtha, Vyavasaya, Idam, Buddhva, Yugapat, Pramadajana, Nidra, Vihita, Vikrita, Gatraceshta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.47). 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 tatra suraistapovariṣṭhairakaniṣṭhairvyavasāyamasya buddhvā ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
surais -
sura (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

sura (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tapovariṣṭhair -
tapovariṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

tapovariṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
akaniṣṭhair -
akaniṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
vyavasāyam -
vyavasāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
buddhvā -
√budh -> buddhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √budh]

√budh -> buddhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √budh]

buddhvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yugapatpramadājanasya nidrā vihitāsīdvikṛtāśca gātraceṣṭāḥ ”
yugapat -
yugapat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yugapat (noun, feminine)

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

yugapat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pramadājanasya -
pramadājana (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
nidrā* -
nidrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vihitā -
vihita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vihita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vihitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āsīd -
√ās (verb class 2)

[aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]

√as (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
vikṛtāś -
vikṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vikṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gātraceṣṭā -
gātraceṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]