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 7.17

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केचिज्जलक्लिन्नजटाकलापा द्विः पावकं जुह्वति मन्त्रपूर्वम् ।
मीनैः समं केचिदपो विगाह्य वसन्ति कूर्मोल्लिखितैः शरीरैः ॥ १७ ॥

kecijjalaklinnajaṭākalāpā dviḥ pāvakaṃ juhvati mantrapūrvam |
mīnaiḥ samaṃ kecidapo vigāhya vasanti kūrmollikhitaiḥ śarīraiḥ || 17 ||

'Others, with their tufts of matted hair continually wet with water, twice offer oblations to Agni with hymns; others plunging like fishes into the water dwell there with their bodies scratched by tortoises.
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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 (7.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dvih, Pavaka, Juhvat, Juhvati, Mantra, Apurva, Mina, Samam, Sama, Kah, Kim, Cit, Apas, Vigahya, Vasat, Vasanti, Kurma, Ullikhita, Sharira,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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Line 1: “kecijjalaklinnajaṭākalāpā dviḥ pāvakaṃ juhvati mantrapūrvam ”
Cannot analyse kecijjalaklinnajaṭākalāpā*dv
dviḥ -
dviḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

dviḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pāvakam -
pāvaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pāvaka (noun, neuter)

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

pāvakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
juhvati -
juhvat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

juhvat (noun, neuter)

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

√hu -> juhvat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √hu class 3 verb]

√hu -> juhvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √hu class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √hu class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √hu class 3 verb], [locative single from √hu class 3 verb]

√hu -> juhvatī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √hu class 3 verb]

√hu (verb class 3)

[present active third plural]
mantra -
mantṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mantra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
apūrvam -
apūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apūrva (noun, neuter)

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

apūrvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “mīnaiḥ samaṃ kecidapo vigāhya vasanti kūrmollikhitaiḥ śarīraiḥ ”
mīnaiḥ -
mīna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
samam -
samam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

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

samā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
apo* -
apas (noun, feminine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apas (noun, neuter)

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

ap (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

ap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vigāhya -
vigāhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vigāhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vasanti -
√vas -> vasat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vas class 1 verb]

√vas -> vasantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vas class 1 verb]

√vas (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
kūrmo -
kūrma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ullikhitaiḥ -
ullikhita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ullikhita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
śarīraiḥ -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]