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 6.53

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इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कन्थकस्तुरगोत्तमः ।
जिह्वया लिलिहे पादौ वाष्पमुष्णं मुमोच च ॥ ५३ ॥

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā kanthakasturagottamaḥ |
jihvayā lilihe pādau vāṣpamuṣṇaṃ mumoca ca || 53 ||

Having heard his words, Kanthaka, the noblest of steeds, licked his feet with his tongue and dropped hot tears.
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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 (6.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Tad, Vaca, Vacas, Kanthaka, Turaga, Uttama, Jihva, Pada, Padu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.53). 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 tasya vacaḥ śrutvā kanthakasturagottamaḥ ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vacas (noun, neuter)

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

vaca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śrutvā -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
kanthakas -
kanthaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
turago -
turaga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
uttamaḥ -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jihvayā lilihe pādau vāṣpamuṣṇaṃ mumoca ca ”
jihvayā -
jihvā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
lilihe -
√lih (verb class 2)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
pādau -
pāda (noun, masculine)

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

pādu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Cannot analyse vāṣpamuṣṇam*mu
mumoca -
√muc (verb class 6)

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

√muc (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]