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 5.60

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व्यपविद्धविभूषणस्रजो ऽन्या विसृताग्रन्थनवाससो विसञ्ज्ञाः ।
अनिमीलितशुक्लनिश्चलाक्ष्यो न विरेजुः शयिता गतासुकल्पाः ॥ ६० ॥

vyapaviddhavibhūṣaṇasrajo 'nyā visṛtāgranthanavāsaso visañjñāḥ |
animīlitaśuklaniścalākṣyo na virejuḥ śayitā gatāsukalpāḥ || 60 ||

Others, with their ornaments and garlands thrown off,—unconscious, with their garments spread out unfastened,—their bright eyes wide open and motionless,—lay without any beauty as if they were dead.
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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 (5.60). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vyapaviddha, Vibhushana, Sraj, Sraja, Ani, Anya, Visrit, Visrita, Agranthana, Vasas, Visanjna, Ilita, Shukla, Nishcala, Akshi, Vira, Viri, Shayita, Gata, Gatasu, Kalpa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.60). 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: “vyapaviddhavibhūṣaṇasrajo 'nyā visṛtāgranthanavāsaso visañjñāḥ ”
vyapaviddha -
vyapaviddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vyapaviddha (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vibhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
srajo' -
sraj (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sraj (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sraj (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sraja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anyā* -
anī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√an (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
visṛtā -
visṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

visṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

visṛt (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

visṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āgranthana -
āgranthana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāsaso* -
vāsas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
visañjñāḥ -
visañjña (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

visañjñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “animīlitaśuklaniścalākṣyo na virejuḥ śayitā gatāsukalpāḥ ”
animī -
√an (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
ilita -
√il -> ilita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √il]

√il -> ilita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √il]

√il -> ilita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √il class 10 verb], [vocative single from √il]

√il -> ilita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √il class 10 verb], [vocative single from √il]
śukla -
śukla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śukla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niścalā -
niścala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

niścala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

niścalā (noun, feminine)

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

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vire -
vira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

vira (noun, neuter)

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

virā (noun, feminine)

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

viri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

viri (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
ījuḥ -
√īj (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√yaj (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
śayitā* -
śayita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śayitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√śī -> śayita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śī class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śī class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śī class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śī class 2 verb]

√śī -> śayitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √śī class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śī class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śī class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śī class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śī class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śī class 2 verb]
gatāsu -
gatāsu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

gatāsu (noun, neuter)

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

gatāsu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

gatā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
kalpāḥ -
kalpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kalpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]