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 8.27

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मुखैश्च तासां नयनाम्बुताडितैः रराज तद्राजनिवेशनं तदा ।
नवाम्बुकाले ऽम्बुदवृष्टिताडितैः स्रवज्जलैस्तामरसैर्यथा सरः ॥ २७ ॥

mukhaiśca tāsāṃ nayanāmbutāḍitaiḥ rarāja tadrājaniveśanaṃ tadā |
navāmbukāle 'mbudavṛṣṭitāḍitaiḥ sravajjalaistāmarasairyathā saraḥ || 27 ||

Then that royal palace was illumined with their faces pelted by the tears from their eyes, as a lake in the time of the first rains with its dripping lotuses pelted by the rain from the clouds.
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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 (8.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mukha, Nayanambu, Tadita, Tadraja, Niveshana, Tada, Navambu, Kale, Kala, Ambuda, Vrishtita, Sara, Saras,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.27). 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: “mukhaiśca tāsāṃ nayanāmbutāḍitaiḥ rarāja tadrājaniveśanaṃ tadā ”
mukhaiś -
mukha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

mukha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tāsām -
sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
nayanāmbu -
nayanāmbu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tāḍitaiḥ -
tāḍita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

tāḍita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√taḍ -> tāḍita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √taḍ]

√taḍ -> tāḍita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √taḍ]
rarāja -
√rāj (verb class 1)

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

√raj (verb class 1)

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

√raj (verb class 4)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
niveśanam -
niveśana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niveśana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tadā -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “navāmbukāle 'mbudavṛṣṭitāḍitaiḥ sravajjalaistāmarasairyathā saraḥ ”
navāmbu -
navāmbu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kāle' -
kāle (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

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

kālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ambuda -
ambuda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vṛṣṭitā -
vṛṣṭitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aḍitai -
√aḍ (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
aiḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
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saraḥ -
saras (noun, neuter)

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

sara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]