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 8.56

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विमानपृष्ठे शयनासनोचितं महार्हवस्त्रागुरुचन्दनार्चितम् ।
कथं नु शीतोष्णजलागमेषु तच्छरीरमोजस्वि वने भविष्यति ॥ ५६ ॥

vimānapṛṣṭhe śayanāsanocitaṃ mahārhavastrāgurucandanārcitam |
kathaṃ nu śītoṣṇajalāgameṣu taccharīramojasvi vane bhaviṣyati || 56 ||

'That body, which deserves to sit or lie on the roof of a palace,—honoured with costly garments, aloes, and sandal-wood,—how will that manly body live in the woods, exposed to the attacks of the cold, the heat, and the rain?
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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 (8.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vimana, Prishthe, Prishtha, Shayanasana, Ucita, Maharha, Vastri, Vastra, Aguru, Candana, Arcita, Katham, Katha, Shitoshna, Jalagama, Tat, Tad, Sharira, Ojasvin, Vana, Vani, Bhavishyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.56). 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: “vimānapṛṣṭhe śayanāsanocitaṃ mahārhavastrāgurucandanārcitam ”
vimāna -
vimāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vimāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pṛṣṭhe -
pṛṣṭhe (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pṛṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
śayanāsano -
śayanāsana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ucitam -
ucita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ucita (noun, neuter)

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

ucitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√uc -> ucita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √uc class 4 verb], [accusative single from √uc class 4 verb]
mahārha -
mahārha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mahārha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vastrā -
vastra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vastṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vastrā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

aguru (noun, neuter)

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

aguru (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
candanā -
candana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

candana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

candanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arcitam -
arcita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arcita (noun, neuter)

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

arcitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√ṛc -> arcita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √ṛc]

√ṛc -> arcita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √ṛc]

√ṛc -> arcitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √ṛc]

√ṛc -> arcita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √ṛc]

√ṛc -> arcita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √ṛc]

√ṛc -> arcitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √ṛc]

√ṛc -> arcita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √ṛc]

√ṛc -> arcita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √ṛc], [accusative single from √ṛc]

√ṛc -> arcita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √ṛc]

√ṛc -> arcita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √ṛc], [accusative single from √ṛc]
Line 2: “kathaṃ nu śītoṣṇajalāgameṣu taccharīramojasvi vane bhaviṣyati ”
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śītoṣṇa -
śītoṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śītoṣṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jalāgameṣu -
jalāgama (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
tacch -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śarīram -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ojasvi -
ojasvin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ojasvin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vane -
vana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

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

vani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
bhaviṣyati -
bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[future active third single]