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 8.26

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अधीरमन्याः पतिशोकमूर्छिता विलोचनप्रस्रवणैर्मुखैः स्त्रियः ।
सिषिञ्चिरे प्रोषितचन्दनान् स्तनान् धराधरः प्रस्रवणैरिवोपलान् ॥ २६ ॥

adhīramanyāḥ patiśokamūrchitā vilocanaprasravaṇairmukhaiḥ striyaḥ |
siṣiñcire proṣitacandanān stanān dharādharaḥ prasravaṇairivopalān || 26 ||

Others as having lost all self-control, fainting in their sorrow for their lord, their faces pouring tears from their eyes, watered their bosoms from which all sandal-wood was banished, like a mountain the rocks with its streams.
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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 (8.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhira, Ani, Anya, Patishoka, Chita, Vilocana, Prasravana, Mukha, Stri, Proshita, Candana, Stana, Dharadhara, Iva, Upala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.26). 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: “adhīramanyāḥ patiśokamūrchitā vilocanaprasravaṇairmukhaiḥ striyaḥ ”
adhīram -
adhīra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

adhīra (noun, neuter)

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

adhīrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anyāḥ -
anī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√an (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
patiśokam -
patiśoka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ūr -
chitā* -
chita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

chitā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vilocana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prasravaṇair -
prasravaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

prasravaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
mukhaiḥ -
mukha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

mukha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
striyaḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “siṣiñcire proṣitacandanān stanān dharādharaḥ prasravaṇairivopalān ”
Cannot analyse siṣiñcire*pr
proṣita -
proṣita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

proṣita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
candanān -
candana (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
stanān -
stana (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dharādharaḥ -
dharādhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prasravaṇair -
prasravaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

prasravaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
upalān -
upala (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]