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 5.62

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इति सत्त्वकुलानुरूपरूपं विविधं स प्रमदाजनः शयानः ।
सरसः सदृशं बभार रूपं पवनावर्जितरुग्णपुष्करस्य ॥ ६२ ॥

iti sattvakulānurūparūpaṃ vividhaṃ sa pramadājanaḥ śayānaḥ |
sarasaḥ sadṛśaṃ babhāra rūpaṃ pavanāvarjitarugṇapuṣkarasya || 62 ||

Thus that company of women, lying in different attitudes, according to their disposition and family, bore the aspect of a lake whose lotuses were bent down and broken by the wind.
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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 (5.62). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Sattva, Kula, Uru, Uparupa, Vividham, Vividha, Pramadajana, Shayana, Saras, Sarasa, Sadrisham, Sadrish, Sadrisha, Rupa, Pavana, Arjita, Rugna, Pushkara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.62). 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: “iti sattvakulānurūparūpaṃ vividhaṃ sa pramadājanaḥ śayānaḥ ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sattva -
sattva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sattva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kulān -
kula (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
urū -
uru (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uru (noun, masculine)

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

uru (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
uparūpam -
uparūpa (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

vividha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vividha (noun, neuter)

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

vividhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pramadājanaḥ -
pramadājana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śayānaḥ -
śayāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śī -> śayāna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śī class 2 verb]
Line 2: “sarasaḥ sadṛśaṃ babhāra rūpaṃ pavanāvarjitarugṇapuṣkarasya ”
sarasaḥ -
saras (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sarasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sadṛśam -
sadṛśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sadṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sadṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

sadṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sadṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
babhāra -
√bhṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√bhṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√bhṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√bhṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
rūpam -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

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

rūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pavanāva -
pavana (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
arjita -
arjita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

arjita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √ṛj]
rugṇa -
rugṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rugṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puṣkarasya -
puṣkara (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

puṣkara (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]