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 8.36

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इमा हि शोच्या व्यवमुक्तभूषणाः प्रसक्तवाष्पाविलरक्तलोचनाः ।
स्थिते ऽपि पत्यौ हिमवन्महीसमे प्रनष्टशोभा विधवा इव स्त्रियः ॥ ३६ ॥

imā hi śocyā vyavamuktabhūṣaṇāḥ prasaktavāṣpāvilaraktalocanāḥ |
sthite 'pi patyau himavanmahīsame pranaṣṭaśobhā vidhavā iva striyaḥ || 36 ||

'These women are sorely to be pitied who have put away their ornaments, having their eyes red and dimmed with continuous tears, who are as it were desolate widows, though their lord still stands as unshaken as the earth or Mount Himavat.
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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 (8.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iyam, Idam, Shoci, Shocya, Vya, Ava, Ukta, Bhushana, Sthita, Sthiti, Api, Pati, Himavat, Mahi, Mahin, Sama, Pranashta, Shobha, Vidhava, Iva, Stri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.36). 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: “imā hi śocyā vyavamuktabhūṣaṇāḥ prasaktavāṣpāvilaraktalocanāḥ ”
imā* -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
śocyā* -
śoci (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

śocya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śocyā (noun, feminine)

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

√śuc -> śocya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śuc class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śuc class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śuc class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śuc class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √śuc], [vocative plural from √śuc]

√śuc -> śocyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √śuc class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śuc class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śuc class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śuc class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śuc class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śuc class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √śuc], [vocative plural from √śuc], [accusative plural from √śuc]

√śuc -> śocya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śuc], [vocative plural from √śuc]

√śuc -> śocyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √śuc], [vocative plural from √śuc], [accusative plural from √śuc]
vya -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vi (noun, neuter)

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

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
avam -
ava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ukta -
ukta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ukta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> ukta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 3 verb]
bhūṣaṇāḥ -
bhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhūṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Cannot analyse prasaktavāṣpāvilaraktalocanāḥ
Line 2: “sthite 'pi patyau himavanmahīsame pranaṣṭaśobhā vidhavā iva striyaḥ ”
sthite' -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sthita (noun, neuter)

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

sthitā (noun, feminine)

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

sthiti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sthā class 1 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
patyau -
pati (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

patī (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
himavan -
himavat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

himavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mahī -
mahī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

mahi (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

mahi (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

mahin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
same -
sama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

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

samā (noun, feminine)

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

√sam (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
pranaṣṭa -
pranaṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pranaṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śobhā* -
śobha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śobhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vidhavā* -
vidhavā (noun, feminine)

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

vidhava (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
striyaḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

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