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 6.28

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विमानशयनार्हं हि सौकुमार्यमिदं क्व च ।
खरदर्भाङ्कुरवती तपोवनमही क्व च ॥ २८ ॥

vimānaśayanārhaṃ hi saukumāryamidaṃ kva ca |
kharadarbhāṅkuravatī tapovanamahī kva ca || 28 ||

'Where is this delicacy of limb, fit to lie only in a palace,—and where is the ground of the ascetic forest, covered with the shoots of rough kusha grass?
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 (6.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vimana, Shayana, Arha, Saukumarya, Idam, Kva, Khara, Darbha, Vati, Tapovana, Ahi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.28). 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: “vimānaśayanārhaṃ hi saukumāryamidaṃ kva ca ”
vimāna -
vimāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vimāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śayanā -
śayana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śayana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śayanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arham -
arha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arha (noun, neuter)

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

arhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
saukumāryam -
saukumārya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

saukumārya (noun, neuter)

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

saukumāryā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “kharadarbhāṅkuravatī tapovanamahī kva ca ”
khara -
khara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

khara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
darbhāṅ -
darbhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kura -
√kur (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
vatī -
vatī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

vatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

vati (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tapovanam -
tapovana (noun, neuter)

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

tapovanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ahī -
ahī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ahī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

ahi (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]