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 8.3

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हयश्च सौजस्वि चचार कन्थकस्तताम भावेन बभूव निर्मदः ।
अलङ्कृतश्चापि तथैव भूषणैरभूद्गतश्रीरिव तेन वर्जितः ॥ ३ ॥

hayaśca saujasvi cacāra kanthakastatāma bhāvena babhūva nirmadaḥ |
alaṅkṛtaścāpi tathaiva bhūṣaṇairabhūdgataśrīriva tena varjitaḥ || 3 ||

And the horse Kanthaka, though he still went on bravely, flagged and had lost all spirit in his heart; and decked though he was with ornaments, he had lost all his beauty when bereft of his master.
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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 (8.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Haya, Ojasvin, Kanthaka, Bhavena, Bhava, Nirmada, Alankrita, Capin, Capi, Tatha, Bhushana, Gatashri, Iva, Tad, Tena, Varjita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.3). 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: “hayaśca saujasvi cacāra kanthakastatāma bhāvena babhūva nirmadaḥ ”
hayaś -
haya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sau -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

si (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ojasvi -
ojasvin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ojasvin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
cacāra -
√car (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
kanthakas -
kanthaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tatāma -
√tam (verb class 4)

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

[indeclinable]

bhāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
nirmadaḥ -
nirmada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “alaṅkṛtaścāpi tathaiva bhūṣaṇairabhūdgataśrīriva tena varjitaḥ ”
alaṅkṛtaś -
alaṅkṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cāpi -
cāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpin (noun, neuter)

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

cāpī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpī (noun, feminine)

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

cāpī (noun, neuter)

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

cāpi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
bhūṣaṇair -
bhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

bhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
abhūd -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[aorist active third single]
gataśrīr -
gataśrī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

gataśrī (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tena -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
varjitaḥ -
varjita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]