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 5.67

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अथ सो ऽवततार हर्म्यपृष्ठाद्युवतीस्ताः शयिता विगर्हमाणः ।
अवतीर्य ततश्च निर्विशङ्को गृहकक्ष्यां प्रथमं विनिर्जगाम ॥ ६७ ॥

atha so 'vatatāra harmyapṛṣṭhādyuvatīstāḥ śayitā vigarhamāṇaḥ |
avatīrya tataśca nirviśaṅko gṛhakakṣyāṃ prathamaṃ vinirjagāma || 67 ||

Then he went down from the roof of the palace, scorning those women who lay thus distorted; and having descended, undauntedly he went out first into the courtyard.
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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 (5.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Sah, Avatata, Ara, Harmyaprishtha, Yuvati, Tas, Shayita, Vigarha, Avatirya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Nirvishanka, Grihakakshya, Prathamam, Prathama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.67). 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: “atha so 'vatatāra harmyapṛṣṭhādyuvatīstāḥ śayitā vigarhamāṇaḥ ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
avatatā -
avatata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avatata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

avatatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ara -
ara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ṛ (verb class 1)

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

√ṛ (verb class 3)

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

√ṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
harmyapṛṣṭhād -
harmyapṛṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
yuvatīs -
yuvati (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

yuvatī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

√yu -> yuvatī (participle, feminine)

[accusative plural from √yu class 2 verb]
tāḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative 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]
vigarham -
vigarha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vigarhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āṇaḥ -
√aṇ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
Line 2: “avatīrya tataśca nirviśaṅko gṛhakakṣyāṃ prathamaṃ vinirjagāma ”
avatīrya -
√avatṝ -> avatīrya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √avatṝ]

√avatṝ -> avatīrya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √avatṝ]

√avatṝ -> avatīrya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √avatṝ]

avatīrya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avatīrya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tataś -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirviśaṅko* -
nirviśaṅka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gṛhakakṣyām -
gṛhakakṣyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
prathamam -
prathamam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prathamam (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

prathamam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prathama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prathama (noun, neuter)

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

prathamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vinir -
vinis (Preverb)

[Preverb]
jagāma -
√gā (verb class 3)

[imperative active first plural]

√gam (verb class 1)

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

√gam (verb class 2)

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

√gam (verb class 3)

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