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 8.30

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यथा च वक्षांसि करैरपीडयंस्तथैव वक्षोभिरपीडयन् करान् ।
अकारयंस्तत्र परस्परं व्यथाः कराग्रवक्षांस्यबला दयालसाः ॥ ३० ॥

yathā ca vakṣāṃsi karairapīḍayaṃstathaiva vakṣobhirapīḍayan karān |
akārayaṃstatra parasparaṃ vyathāḥ karāgravakṣāṃsyabalā dayālasāḥ || 30 ||

As they pressed their breasts with their hands, so too they pressed their hands with their breasts,—dull to all feelings of pity, they made their hands and bosoms inflict mutual pains on each other.
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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 (8.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Vakshas, Kara, Apidayat, Tatha, Tatra, Parasparam, Paraspara, Vyatha, Karagra, Abala, Dayalasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.30). 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: “yathā ca vakṣāṃsi karairapīḍayaṃstathaiva vakṣobhirapīḍayan karān ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vakṣāṃsi -
vakṣas (noun, neuter)

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

[instrumental plural]

kara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
apīḍayaṃs -
apīḍayat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√pīḍ (verb class 10)

[imperfect active third plural]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vakṣobhir -
vakṣas (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vakṣas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
apīḍayan -
apīḍayat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√pīḍ (verb class 10)

[imperfect active third plural]
karān -
kara (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “akārayaṃstatra parasparaṃ vyathāḥ karāgravakṣāṃsyabalā dayālasāḥ ”
akārayaṃs -
√kṛ (verb class 0)

[imperfect active third plural]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
parasparam -
parasparam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paraspara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paraspara (noun, neuter)

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

parasparā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vyathāḥ -
vyathā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
vakṣāṃsya -
vakṣas (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
abalā* -
abala (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

abalā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dayālasā (noun, feminine)

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