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 8.16

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ततः स वाष्पप्रतिपूर्णलोचनस्तुरङ्गमादाय तुरङ्गमानसः ।
विवेश शोकाभिहतो नृपालयं क्षयं विनीते रिपुणेव भर्तरि ॥ १६ ॥

tataḥ sa vāṣpapratipūrṇalocanasturaṅgamādāya turaṅgamānasaḥ |
viveśa śokābhihato nṛpālayaṃ kṣayaṃ vinīte ripuṇeva bhartari || 16 ||

Then with his eyes filled with tears,—taking the horse, his whole soul fixed on the horse,—overcome with grief he entered the palace as if his master had been killed by an enemy.
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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 (8.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Turangama, Shoka, Abhihata, Nripalaya, Kshaya, Vinita, Viniti, Ripu, Iva, Bhartri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.16). 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: “tataḥ sa vāṣpapratipūrṇalocanasturaṅgamādāya turaṅgamānasaḥ ”
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse vāṣpapratipūrṇalocanasturaṅgamādāya*tu
turaṅgamān -
turaṅgama (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
asaḥ -
√sas (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
Line 2: “viveśa śokābhihato nṛpālayaṃ kṣayaṃ vinīte ripuṇeva bhartari ”
viveśa -
√viś (verb class 6)

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

√viś (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
śokā -
śoka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śoka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śokā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śuk (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
abhihato* -
abhihata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nṛpālayam -
nṛpālaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
kṣayam -
kṣaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣaya (noun, neuter)

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

kṣayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vinīte -
vinīta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vinīta (noun, neuter)

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

vinītā (noun, feminine)

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

vinīti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
ripuṇe -
ripu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ripu (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhartari -
bhartṛ (noun, masculine)

[locative single]