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 5.53

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मणिकुण्डलदष्टपत्रलेखं मुखपद्मं विनतं तथापरस्याः ।
शतपत्रमिवार्धचक्रनाडं स्थितकारण्डवघट्टितं चकाशे ॥ ५३ ॥

maṇikuṇḍaladaṣṭapatralekhaṃ mukhapadmaṃ vinataṃ tathāparasyāḥ |
śatapatramivārdhacakranāḍaṃ sthitakāraṇḍavaghaṭṭitaṃ cakāśe || 53 ||

The lotus-face of another, bowed down, with the pinguent-lines on her person rubbed by the jewelled earrings, appeared to be a lotus with its stalk bent into a half-circle, and shaken by a duck standing on it.
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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 (5.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mani, Kundala, Dashta, Patralekha, Mukhapadma, Vinatam, Vinata, Tatha, Apara, Shatapatra, Iva, Ardhacakra, Nada, Sthita, Karandava, Ghattita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.53). 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: “maṇikuṇḍaladaṣṭapatralekhaṃ mukhapadmaṃ vinataṃ tathāparasyāḥ ”
maṇi -
maṇi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

maṇī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

maṇī (noun, feminine)

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

maṇī (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kuṇḍala (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

daṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
patralekham -
patralekhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

patralekha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

patralekha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
mukhapadmam -
mukhapadma (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vinatam -
vinatam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vinata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vinata (noun, neuter)

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

vinatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aparasyāḥ -
aparā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “śatapatramivārdhacakranāḍaṃ sthitakāraṇḍavaghaṭṭitaṃ cakāśe ”
śatapatram -
śatapatra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śatapatra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ardhacakra -
ardhacakra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ardhacakra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāḍam -
nāḍa (noun, neuter)

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

nāḍā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sthita -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sthita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
kāraṇḍava -
kāraṇḍava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghaṭṭitam -
ghaṭṭita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ghaṭṭita (noun, neuter)

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

ghaṭṭitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√ghaṭṭ -> ghaṭṭita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √ghaṭṭ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ghaṭṭ class 10 verb]

√ghaṭṭ -> ghaṭṭita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √ghaṭṭ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ghaṭṭ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ghaṭṭ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √ghaṭṭ class 10 verb]
cakāśe -
√kāś (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√kāś (verb class 4)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]