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 6.54

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जालिना स्वस्तिकाङ्केन वक्रमध्येन पाणिना ।
आममर्श कुमारस्तं बभाषे च वयस्यवत् ॥ ५४ ॥

jālinā svastikāṅkena vakramadhyena pāṇinā |
āmamarśa kumārastaṃ babhāṣe ca vayasyavat || 54 ||

With his hand whose fingers were united with a membrane and which was marked with the auspicious svastika, and with its middle part curved, the prince stroked him and addressed him like a friend:
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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 (6.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jalin, Jali, Svastikanka, Vakrama, Dha, Dhi, Dhya, Pani, Panin, Ama, Arsha, Kumara, Vaya, Vayas, Vayasya, Avat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.54). 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: “jālinā svastikāṅkena vakramadhyena pāṇinā ”
jālinā -
jālin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

jālin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

jāli (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

jāli (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
svastikāṅkena -
svastikāṅka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

svastikāṅka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vakrama -
vakrama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhye -
dhi (noun, masculine)

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

dhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

dhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ena -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
pāṇinā -
pāṇi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

pāṇin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

pāṇin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

pāṇī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “āmamarśa kumārastaṃ babhāṣe ca vayasyavat ”
āmam -
āma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āma (noun, neuter)

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

āmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
arśa -
arśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kumāras -
kumāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
babhāṣe -
√bhāṣ (verb class 1)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vayasya -
vayasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vayasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vaya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vayas (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

√vay (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
avat -
avat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

avat (noun, neuter)

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

√u -> avat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb]