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 8.58

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शुचौ शयित्वा शयने हिरण्मये प्रबोध्यमानो निशि तूर्यनिस्वनैः ।
कथं वत स्वप्स्यति सो ऽद्य मे व्रती पटौकदेशान्तरिते महीतले ॥ ५८ ॥

śucau śayitvā śayane hiraṇmaye prabodhyamāno niśi tūryanisvanaiḥ |
kathaṃ vata svapsyati so 'dya me vratī paṭaukadeśāntarite mahītale || 58 ||

'He who, lying on a spotless golden bed, was awakened during the night by the concert of musical instruments,—how alas! will he, my ascetic, sleep to-day on the bare ground with only one rag of cloth interposed?'
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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 (8.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shuc, Shuca, Shuci, Shayana, Hiranmaya, Prabodhya, Ana, Nish, Nishi, Turya, Nisvana, Katham, Katha, Vata, Svapsyat, Sah, Adya, Asmad, Vratin, Vrati, Pata, Pati, Patu, Kada, Ishanta, Rit, Rita, Mahitala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.58). 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: “śucau śayitvā śayane hiraṇmaye prabodhyamāno niśi tūryanisvanaiḥ ”
śucau -
śuc (noun, feminine)

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

śuc (noun, masculine)

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

śuca (noun, masculine)

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

śuci (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śuci (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
śayitvā -
√śī -> śayitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śī]

√śī -> śayitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śī]
śayane -
śayana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śayana (noun, neuter)

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

śayanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
hiraṇmaye -
hiraṇmaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

hiraṇmaya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
prabodhyam -
prabodhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prabodhya (noun, neuter)

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

prabodhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āno* -
āna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√an (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [adverb]

niśi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

niśi (noun, neuter)

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

niś (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
tūrya -
tūrya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tūrya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√tvar -> tūrya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tvar]
nisvanaiḥ -
nisvana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “kathaṃ vata svapsyati so 'dya me vratī paṭaukadeśāntarite mahītale ”
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]
vata -
vata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√van -> vata (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √van class 1 verb], [vocative single from √van class 8 verb]

√van -> vata (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √van class 1 verb], [vocative single from √van class 8 verb]
svapsyati -
√svap -> svapsyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √svap class 2 verb]

√svap -> svapsyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √svap class 2 verb]

√svap (verb class 2)

[future active third single]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
adya -
adya (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

adya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
vratī -
vratī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

vratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

vratin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paṭau -
paṭa (noun, masculine)

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

paṭi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

paṭu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kade -
kadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

kadā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

kadā (noun, feminine)

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

√kad (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
īśānta -
īśānta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

īśānta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rite -
rit (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

rit (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

ritā (noun, feminine)

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

rita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

rita (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
mahītale -
mahītala (noun, neuter)

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