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 8.18

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ततः खगाश्च क्षयमध्यगोचराः समीपबद्धास्तुरगाश्च सत्कृताः ।
हयस्य तस्य प्रतिसस्वनुः स्वनं नरेन्द्रसूनोरुपयानशङ्किताः ॥ १८ ॥

tataḥ khagāśca kṣayamadhyagocarāḥ samīpabaddhāsturagāśca satkṛtāḥ |
hayasya tasya pratisasvanuḥ svanaṃ narendrasūnorupayānaśaṅkitāḥ || 18 ||

Then the birds that fed in the middle of the house, and the carefully cherished horses that were tied near by, re-echoed the sound of that horse, thinking that it might be the return of the prince.
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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 (8.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Khaga, Kshaya, Adhi, Agocara, Samipa, Baddha, Turaga, Satkrita, Haya, Prati, Svana, Narendra, Sunu, Upayana, Shankita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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Line 1: “tataḥ khagāśca kṣayamadhyagocarāḥ samīpabaddhāsturagāśca satkṛtāḥ ”
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]
khagāś -
khaga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

khagā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣayam -
kṣaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣaya (noun, neuter)

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

kṣayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
adhya -
adhi (noun, feminine)

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

adhi (noun, masculine)

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

adhī (noun, masculine)

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

adhī (noun, feminine)

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

adhī (noun, neuter)

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

√dhā (verb class 1)

[aorist middle first single]

√dhā (verb class 2)

[aorist middle first single]

√dhā (verb class 3)

[aorist middle first single]

√dhā (verb class 4)

[aorist middle first single]
agocarāḥ -
agocara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

agocarā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

samīpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
baddhās -
baddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

baddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
turagāś -
turaga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
satkṛtāḥ -
satkṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

satkṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “hayasya tasya pratisasvanuḥ svanaṃ narendrasūnorupayānaśaṅkitāḥ ”
hayasya -
haya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

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

pratī (noun, neuter)

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

prati (Preverb)

[Preverb]
sasvanuḥ -
√svan (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
svanam -
svana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svana (noun, neuter)

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

svanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
narendra -
narendra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sūnor -
sūnu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sūnu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
upayāna -
upayāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaṅkitāḥ -
śaṅkita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śaṅkitā (noun, feminine)

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

√śaṅk -> śaṅkita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śaṅk class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śaṅk class 1 verb]

√śaṅk -> śaṅkitā (participle, feminine)

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