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 7.2

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स राजसूनुर्मृगराजगामी मृगाजिरं तन्मृगवत् प्रविष्टः ।
लक्ष्मीवियुक्तो ऽपि शरीरलक्ष्म्या चक्षूंषि सर्वाश्रमिणां जहार ॥ २ ॥

sa rājasūnurmṛgarājagāmī mṛgājiraṃ tanmṛgavat praviṣṭaḥ |
lakṣmīviyukto 'pi śarīralakṣmyā cakṣūṃṣi sarvāśramiṇāṃ jahāra || 2 ||

He the prince with a gait like the lion's, having entered that arena of deer, himself like a deer,—by the beauty of his person, even though bereft of his magnificence, attracted the eyes of all the dwellers in the hermitage.
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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 (7.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rajasunu, Mrigaraja, Gamin, Mrigajira, Tat, Tad, Tan, Mric, Avat, Pravishta, Lakshmi, Viyukta, Api, Sharira, Cakshus, Sarvashramin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 7.2). 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: “sa rājasūnurmṛgarājagāmī mṛgājiraṃ tanmṛgavat praviṣṭaḥ ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rājasūnur -
rājasūnu (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
gāmī -
gāmin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mṛgājiram -
mṛgājira (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tan -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

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

tan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
mṛg -
mṛc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative 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]
praviṣṭaḥ -
praviṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “lakṣmīviyukto 'pi śarīralakṣmyā cakṣūṃṣi sarvāśramiṇāṃ jahāra ”
lakṣmī -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
viyukto' -
viyukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śarīra -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lakṣmyā -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
cakṣūṃṣi -
cakṣus (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sarvāśramiṇām -
sarvāśramin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sarvāśramin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
jahāra -
√hṛ (verb class 1)

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

√hṝ (verb class 9)

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