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 8.23

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निरीक्षिता वाष्पपरीतलोचनं निराश्रयं छन्दकमश्वमेव च ।
विवर्णवक्त्रा रुरुदुर्वराङ्गना वनान्तरे गाव इवर्षभोज्झिताः ॥ २३ ॥

nirīkṣitā vāṣpaparītalocanaṃ nirāśrayaṃ chandakamaśvameva ca |
vivarṇavaktrā rurudurvarāṅganā vanāntare gāva ivarṣabhojjhitāḥ || 23 ||

But when they saw Chandaka standing helpless, his eyes filled with tears, and the horse, the noble women wept with pale faces, like cows abandoned by the bull in the midst of the forest.
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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 (8.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nirikshin, Nirashraya, Chandaka, Ashva, Eva, Vivarna, Vaktra, Varangana, Vanantara, Gava, Iva, Rishabha, Ujjhita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.23). 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: “nirīkṣitā vāṣpaparītalocanaṃ nirāśrayaṃ chandakamaśvameva ca ”
nirīkṣi -
nirīkṣin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nirīkṣin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tā* -
Cannot analyse vāṣpaparītalocanam*ni
nirāśrayam -
nirāśraya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nirāśraya (noun, neuter)

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

nirāśrayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
chandakam -
chandaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

chandaka (noun, neuter)

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

chandakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
aśvam -
aśva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aśvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śū (verb class 1)

[aorist active first single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “vivarṇavaktrā rurudurvarāṅganā vanāntare gāva ivarṣabhojjhitāḥ ”
vivarṇa -
vivarṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vivarṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaktrā* -
vaktra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vaktrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
rurudur -
√rud (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
varāṅganā* -
varāṅganā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vanāntare -
vanāntara (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
gāva* -
go (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√gā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]

√gā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
ivar -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ṛṣabho -
ṛṣabha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛṣabhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ujjhitāḥ -
ujjhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ujjhitā (noun, feminine)

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

√ujjh -> ujjhita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √ujjh class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √ujjh class 6 verb]

√ujjh -> ujjhitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √ujjh class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √ujjh class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √ujjh class 6 verb]