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 5.57

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अपरा न बभुर्निमीलिताक्ष्यो विपुलाक्ष्यो ऽपि शुभभ्रुवो ऽपि सत्यः ।
प्रतिसङ्कुचितारविन्दकोशाः सवितर्यस्तमिते यथा नलिन्यः ॥ ५७ ॥

aparā na babhurnimīlitākṣyo vipulākṣyo 'pi śubhabhruvo 'pi satyaḥ |
pratisaṅkucitāravindakośāḥ savitaryastamite yathā nalinyaḥ || 57 ||

Others showed no lustre with their eyes shut, although they were really full-eyed and fair-browed,—like the lotus-beds with their buds closed at the setting of the sun.
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 (5.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apara, Nimilitakshi, Vipula, Akshi, Api, Shubhabhru, Sati, Satya, Pratisankucita, Aravindaka, Savitri, Astamita, Yatha, Nalini,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.57). 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: “aparā na babhurnimīlitākṣyo vipulākṣyo 'pi śubhabhruvo 'pi satyaḥ ”
aparā* -
apara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aparā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
babhur -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
nimīlitākṣyo* -
nimīlitākṣī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vipulā -
vipula (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vipula (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vipulā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akṣyo' -
akṣī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śubhabhruvo' -
śubhabhrū (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
satyaḥ -
satī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

satya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “pratisaṅkucitāravindakośāḥ savitaryastamite yathā nalinyaḥ ”
pratisaṅkucitā -
pratisaṅkucita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratisaṅkucita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratisaṅkucitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aravindako -
aravindaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aravindaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ūśā -
√vaś (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]

√vaś (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√vaś (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
savitarya -
savitṛ (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
astamite -
astamita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

astamita (noun, neuter)

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

astamitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nalinyaḥ -
nalinī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]