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 8.53

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प्रलम्बबाहुर्मृगराजविक्रमो महार्षभाक्षः कनकोज्ज्वलद्युतिः ।
विशालवक्षा घनदुन्दुभिस्वनस्तथाविधो ऽप्याश्रमवासमर्हति ॥ ५३ ॥

pralambabāhurmṛgarājavikramo mahārṣabhākṣaḥ kanakojjvaladyutiḥ |
viśālavakṣā ghanadundubhisvanastathāvidho 'pyāśramavāsamarhati || 53 ||

'With his long arms and lion-gait, his bull-like eye, and his beauty bright like gold, his broad chest, and his voice deep as a drum or a cloud, should such a hero as this dwell in a hermitage?
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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 (8.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pralambabahu, Mrigaraja, Vikrama, Mah, Maha, Arshabha, Aksha, Kanakojjvala, Dyuti, Vishala, Vakshas, Vaksha, Ghana, Dundubhisvana, Tathavidha, Api, Apya, Ashrama, Vasa, Arhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.53). 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: “pralambabāhurmṛgarājavikramo mahārṣabhākṣaḥ kanakojjvaladyutiḥ ”
pralambabāhur -
pralambabāhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pralambabāhu (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
vikramo* -
vikrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mahā -
maha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

maha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mah (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mahā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mah (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ārṣabha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
akṣaḥ -
akṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṣar (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
kanakojjvala -
kanakojjvala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kanakojjvala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dyutiḥ -
dyuti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dyuti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “viśālavakṣā ghanadundubhisvanastathāvidho 'pyāśramavāsamarhati ”
viśāla -
viśāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vakṣā* -
vakṣas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vakṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vakṣā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dundubhisvanas -
dundubhisvana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathāvidho' -
tathāvidha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
apyā -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

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

apyā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

āśrama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāsam -
vāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāsā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
arhati -
arhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√arh (verb class 1)

[present active third single]