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 5.58

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शिथिलाकुलमूर्धजा तथान्या जघनस्रस्तविभूषणांशुकान्ता ।
अशयिष्ट विकीर्णकण्ठसूत्रा गजभग्ना प्रतिपातिताङ्गनेव ॥ ५८ ॥

śithilākulamūrdhajā tathānyā jaghanasrastavibhūṣaṇāṃśukāntā |
aśayiṣṭa vikīrṇakaṇṭhasūtrā gajabhagnā pratipātitāṅganeva || 58 ||

Another, with her hair loose and dishevelled, and her skirts and ornaments fallen from her loins, lay with her necklace in confusion, like a woman crushed by an elephant and then dropped.
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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 (5.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shithila, Akula, Dha, Jaghana, Srasta, Vibhushana, Shuka, Tan, Vikirna, Gaja, Bhagna, Pratipa, Pratipad, Ita, Angana, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.58). 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: “śithilākulamūrdhajā tathānyā jaghanasrastavibhūṣaṇāṃśukāntā ”
śithilā -
śithila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śithila (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śithilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akulam -
akula (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akula (noun, neuter)

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

akulā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ūr -
ū (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

ū (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
dha -
dha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jā -
jā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tathānyā -
jaghana -
jaghana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√han (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single]

√han (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single]
srasta -
srasta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

srasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sras -> srasta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sras class 1 verb]

√sras -> srasta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sras class 1 verb]
vibhūṣaṇāṃ -
vibhūṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śukān -
śuka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “aśayiṣṭa vikīrṇakaṇṭhasūtrā gajabhagnā pratipātitāṅganeva ”
aśayiṣṭa -
√śī (verb class 1)

[aorist middle third single]

√śī (verb class 2)

[aorist middle third single]
vikīrṇa -
vikīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vikīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kaṇṭhasūtrā -
gaja -
gaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√gaj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhagnā -
bhagnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pratipāt -
pratipa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pratipad (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
itā -
ita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

itā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√i -> ita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> ita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
aṅgane -
aṅgana (noun, neuter)

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

aṅganā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]