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 6.58

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पूजाभिलाषेण च बाहुमान्याद्दिवौकसस्तं जगृहुः प्रविद्धम् ।
यथावदेनं दिवि देवसङ्घा दिव्यैर्विशेषैर्महयां च चक्रुः ॥ ५८ ॥

pūjābhilāṣeṇa ca bāhumānyāddivaukasastaṃ jagṛhuḥ praviddham |
yathāvadenaṃ divi devasaṅghā divyairviśeṣairmahayāṃ ca cakruḥ || 58 ||

And the heavenly beings, with a longing to worship it, seized it respectfully as it was thrown up; and the divine hosts paid it due adoration in heaven with celestial honours.
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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 (6.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Puja, Abhilasha, Bahumat, Yat, Divaukas, Divaukasa, Praviddha, Yatha, Ina, Div, Divi, Devasangha, Divya, Vishesha, Cakru,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.58). 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: “pūjābhilāṣeṇa ca bāhumānyāddivaukasastaṃ jagṛhuḥ praviddham ”
pūjā -
pūja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūjā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√pūj (verb class 1)

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

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bāhumān -
bāhumat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yād -
yāt (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
divaukasas -
divaukas (noun, masculine)

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

divaukasa (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]
jagṛhuḥ -
√grah (verb class 9)

[perfect active third plural]
praviddham -
praviddha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

praviddha (noun, neuter)

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

praviddhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “yathāvadenaṃ divi devasaṅghā divyairviśeṣairmahayāṃ ca cakruḥ ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
āva -
√av (verb class 1)

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

√u (verb class 1)

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

√u (verb class 2)

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

√u (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
de -
da (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

dā (noun, feminine)

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

dā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
inam -
ina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ina (noun, neuter)

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

inā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
divi -
divi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

divī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

div (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
devasaṅghā* -
devasaṅgha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
divyair -
divya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

divya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
viśeṣair -
viśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

viśeṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
mahayām -
√mah -> mahayām (periphrastic_perfect)

[periphrastic_perfect from √mah]

√mah -> mahayām (periphrastic_perfect)

[periphrastic_perfect from √mah]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cakruḥ -
cakru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

cakru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active third plural]