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 8.29

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करप्रहारप्रचलैश्च ता बभुर्यथापि नार्यः सहितोन्नतैः स्तनैः ।
वनानिलाघूर्णितपद्मकम्पितैः रथाङ्गनाम्नां मिथुनैरिवापगाः ॥ २९ ॥

karaprahārapracalaiśca tā babhuryathāpi nāryaḥ sahitonnataiḥ stanaiḥ |
vanānilāghūrṇitapadmakampitaiḥ rathāṅganāmnāṃ mithunairivāpagāḥ || 29 ||

And again how those women shine forth, as their bosoms rose up together after the blow from the hand, and trembled with the shock,—like the streams, when their pairs of ruddy geese shake, as the lotuses on which they sit wave about with the wind from the wood.
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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 (8.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kara, Prahara, Pracala, Tas, Yatha, Api, Nari, Narya, Sahita, Sahitri, Unnata, Stana, Vana, Aghurnita, Padmaka, Pitri, Rathanganaman, Mithuna, Iva, Apaga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.29). 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: “karaprahārapracalaiśca tā babhuryathāpi nāryaḥ sahitonnataiḥ stanaiḥ ”
kara -
kara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
prahāra -
prahāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pracalaiś -
pracala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

pracala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tā* -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
babhur -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
nāryaḥ -
nārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√nṝ -> nārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √nṝ class 9 verb]
sahito -
sahita (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

sahita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sahita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sahitṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sahitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sah -> sahita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sah class 10 verb]

√sah -> sahita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sah class 10 verb]

√sah -> sahitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sah class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sah class 10 verb]

√sah (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√sah (verb class 4)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
unnataiḥ -
unnata (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

unnata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
stanaiḥ -
stana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “vanānilāghūrṇitapadmakampitaiḥ rathāṅganāmnāṃ mithunairivāpagāḥ ”
vanāni -
vana (noun, neuter)

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

√van (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
lā -
la (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

lā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āghūrṇita -
āghūrṇita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āghūrṇita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
padmakam -
padmaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

padmaka (noun, neuter)

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

padmakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pitai -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

√pi (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
aiḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
rathāṅganāmnām -
rathāṅganāman (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
mithunair -
mithuna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

mithuna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
apagāḥ -
apaga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

apagā (noun, feminine)

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