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 8.14

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पुनः कुमारो विनिवृत्त इत्यथौ गवाक्षमालाः प्रतिपेदिरे ऽङ्गनाः ।
विविक्तपृष्ठं च निशम्य वाजिनं पुनर्गवाक्षाणि पिधाय चुक्रुशुः ॥ १४ ॥

punaḥ kumāro vinivṛtta ityathau gavākṣamālāḥ pratipedire 'ṅganāḥ |
viviktapṛṣṭhaṃ ca niśamya vājinaṃ punargavākṣāṇi pidhāya cukruśuḥ || 14 ||

Next the women crowded to the rows of windows, crying to one another, 'The prince has returned;' but having heard that his horse had an empty back, they closed the windows again and wailed aloud.
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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 (8.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Puna, Kumara, Vinivritta, Iti, Itya, Gavaksha, Ala, Pratipa, Angana, Vivikta, Prishtha, Nisham, Nisha, Vajin, Vajina, Punargava, Aksha, Akshan, Akshani, Pidhaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.14). 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: “punaḥ kumāro vinivṛtta ityathau gavākṣamālāḥ pratipedire 'ṅganāḥ ”
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kumāro* -
kumāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vinivṛtta* -
vinivṛtta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
itya -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
athau -
gavākṣam -
gavākṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gavākṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ālāḥ -
āla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
pratipe -
pratipa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
di -
dī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
re' -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

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

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
aṅganāḥ -
aṅganā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “viviktapṛṣṭhaṃ ca niśamya vājinaṃ punargavākṣāṇi pidhāya cukruśuḥ ”
vivikta -
vivikta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vivikta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vic (verb class 3)

[imperative active second plural]

√vij (verb class 3)

[imperative active second plural]
pṛṣṭham -
pṛṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niśam -
niśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

niśa (noun, neuter)

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

niśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ya -
vājinam -
vājina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vājina (noun, neuter)

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

vājinā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vājin (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
punargavā -
punargava (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

akṣāṇi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

akṣāṇi (noun, neuter)

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

akṣa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

akṣan (noun, neuter)

[accusative plural]

√akṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
pidhāya -
pidhāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cukruśuḥ -
√kruś (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]