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 5.56

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पणवं युवतिर्भुजांसदेशादवविस्रंसितचारुपाशमन्या ।
सविलासरतान्ततान्तमूर्वोर्विवरे कान्तमिवाभिनीय शिश्ये ॥ ५६ ॥

paṇavaṃ yuvatirbhujāṃsadeśādavavisraṃsitacārupāśamanyā |
savilāsaratāntatāntamūrvorvivare kāntamivābhinīya śiśye || 56 ||

Another lay, with her tabour, . . .
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 (5.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Panava, Yuvati, Bhujamsadesha, Avavisramsita, Caru, Pasha, Ani, Anya, Savilasa, Ratanta, Tanta, Uru, Vivara, Kanta, Iva, Abhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.56). 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: “paṇavaṃ yuvatirbhujāṃsadeśādavavisraṃsitacārupāśamanyā ”
paṇavam -
paṇava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
yuvatir -
yuvati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
bhujāṃsadeśād -
bhujāṃsadeśa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

avavisraṃsita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cāru -
cāru (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cāru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāru (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

pāśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anyā -
anī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “savilāsaratāntatāntamūrvorvivare kāntamivābhinīya śiśye ”
savilāsa -
savilāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

savilāsa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
tāntam -
tānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tānta (noun, neuter)

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

tāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ūrvor -
ūru (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
vivare -
vivara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kāntam -
kānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kānta (noun, neuter)

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

kāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kam -> kānta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kam class 1 verb]

√kam -> kānta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kam class 1 verb]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
abhinī -
abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhini (Preverb)

[Preverb]
iya -
√i (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]
śiśye -
√śi (verb class 3)

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

√śi (verb class 5)

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

√śī (verb class 1)

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

√śī (verb class 2)

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

√śī (verb class 4)

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