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 5.64

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अशुचिर्विकृतश्च जीवलोके वनितानामयमीदृशः स्वभावः ।
वसनाभरणैस्तु वञ्च्यमानः पुरुषः स्त्रीविषयेषु रागमेति ॥ ६४ ॥

aśucirvikṛtaśca jīvaloke vanitānāmayamīdṛśaḥ svabhāvaḥ |
vasanābharaṇaistu vañcyamānaḥ puruṣaḥ strīviṣayeṣu rāgameti || 64 ||

'Such is the nature of women, impure and monstrous in the world of living beings; but deceived by dress and ornaments a man becomes infatuated by a woman's attractions.
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 (5.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashuci, Vikrita, Jivaloka, Vanita, Aya, Idam, Idrish, Idrisha, Svabhava, Vasana, Abharana, Vancyamana, Purusha, Strivishaya, Raga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.64). 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: “aśucirvikṛtaśca jīvaloke vanitānāmayamīdṛśaḥ svabhāvaḥ ”
aśucir -
aśuci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

aśuci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vikṛtaś -
vikṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jīvaloke -
jīvaloka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vanitānām -
vanita (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vanita (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

vanitā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
īdṛśaḥ -
īdṛś (noun, feminine)

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

īdṛś (noun, masculine)

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

īdṛś (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

īdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svabhāvaḥ -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vasanābharaṇaistu vañcyamānaḥ puruṣaḥ strīviṣayeṣu rāgameti ”
vasanā -
vasana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vasanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ābharaṇais -
ābharaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vañcyamānaḥ -
√vañc -> vañcyamāna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vañc]
puruṣaḥ -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
strīviṣayeṣu -
strīviṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

strīviṣaya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
rāgam -
rāga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rāgā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]