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 8.25

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हतत्विषो ऽन्याः शिथिलात्मबाहवः स्त्रियो विषादेन विचेतना इव ।
न चुक्रुशुर्नाश्रु जहुर्न शश्वसुर्न चेतना उल्लिखिता इव स्थिताः ॥ २५ ॥

hatatviṣo 'nyāḥ śithilātmabāhavaḥ striyo viṣādena vicetanā iva |
na cukruśurnāśru jahurna śaśvasurna cetanā ullikhitā iva sthitāḥ || 25 ||

Some of the other women, bereft of their brightness and with arms and souls lifeless, and seeming to have lost their senses in their despondency, raised no cry, shed no tear, and breathed not, standing senseless as if painted.
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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 (8.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hatatvish, Ani, Anya, Shithila, Bahava, Bahu, Stri, Vishada, Vicetana, Iva, Nri, Ashru, Jahu, Cetana, Ullikhita, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.25). 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: “hatatviṣo 'nyāḥ śithilātmabāhavaḥ striyo viṣādena vicetanā iva ”
hatatviṣo' -
hatatviṣ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

hatatviṣ (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
anyāḥ -
anī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√an (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
śithilāt -
śithila (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śithila (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ma -
ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bāhavaḥ -
bāhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bāhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
striyo* -
strī (noun, feminine)

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

[instrumental single]
vicetanā* -
vicetana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vicetanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “na cukruśurnāśru jahurna śaśvasurna cetanā ullikhitā iva sthitāḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cukruśur -
√kruś (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aśru -
aśru (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
jahur -
jahu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√hā (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√hā (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaśvasur -
√śvas (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cetanā* -
cetana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

cetanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ullikhitā* -
ullikhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ullikhitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sthitāḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sthitā (noun, feminine)

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

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

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

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

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