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 8.51

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विषादपारिप्लवलोचना ततः प्रनष्टपोता कुररीव दुःखिता ।
विहाय धैर्यं विरुराव गौतमी तताम चैवाश्रुमुखी जगाद च ॥ ५१ ॥

viṣādapāriplavalocanā tataḥ pranaṣṭapotā kurarīva duḥkhitā |
vihāya dhairyaṃ virurāva gautamī tatāma caivāśrumukhī jagāda ca || 51 ||

With her eyes filled with the tears of despondency, wretched like an osprey who has lost her young,—Gautami abandoning all self-control wailed aloud,—she fainted, and with a weeping face exclaimed:
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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 (8.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishada, Pariplava, Locana, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Pranashta, Potri, Pota, Kurari, Kurarin, Iva, Duhkhita, Vihaya, Viha, Dhairya, Gautami, Ashrumukhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.51). 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: “viṣādapāriplavalocanā tataḥ pranaṣṭapotā kurarīva duḥkhitā ”
viṣāda -
viṣāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pāriplava -
pāriplava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pāriplava (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
pranaṣṭa -
pranaṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pranaṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
potā -
potṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

potā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kurarī -
kurarī (noun, feminine)

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

kurarin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
duḥkhitā -
duḥkhitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vihāya dhairyaṃ virurāva gautamī tatāma caivāśrumukhī jagāda ca ”
vihāya -
vihāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

viha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
dhairyam -
dhairya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vir -
vi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
urāva -
gautamī -
gautamī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

gautami (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tatāma -
√tam (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
aśrumukhī -
aśrumukhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
jagāda -
√gad (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]