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 8.59

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इमं विलापं करुणं निशम्य ता भुजैः परिष्वज्य परस्परं स्त्रियः ।
विलोचनेभ्यः सलिलानि तत्यजुर्मधूनि पुष्पेभ्य इवेरिता लताः ॥ ५९ ॥

imaṃ vilāpaṃ karuṇaṃ niśamya tā bhujaiḥ pariṣvajya parasparaṃ striyaḥ |
vilocanebhyaḥ salilāni tatyajurmadhūni puṣpebhya iveritā latāḥ || 59 ||

Having heard this piteous lamentation, the women, embracing one another with their arms, rained the tears from their eyes, as the shaken creepers drop honey from their flowers.
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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 (8.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Idam, Vilapa, Karunam, Karuna, Nisham, Nisha, Tas, Bhuja, Parishvajya, Parasparam, Paraspara, Stri, Vilocana, Salila, Madhu, Pushpa, Iva, Irita, Lata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.59). 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: “imaṃ vilāpaṃ karuṇaṃ niśamya tā bhujaiḥ pariṣvajya parasparaṃ striyaḥ ”
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
vilāpam -
vilāpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
karuṇam -
karuṇam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

karuṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

karuṇa (noun, neuter)

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

karuṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
niśam -
niśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

niśa (noun, neuter)

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

niśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ya -
tā* -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
bhujaiḥ -
bhuja (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
pariṣvajya -
pariṣvajya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pariṣvajya (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

paraspara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paraspara (noun, neuter)

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

parasparā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
striyaḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “vilocanebhyaḥ salilāni tatyajurmadhūni puṣpebhya iveritā latāḥ ”
vilocanebhyaḥ -
vilocana (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

vilocana (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
salilāni -
salila (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tatyajur -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
madhūni -
madhu (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
puṣpebhya* -
puṣpa (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

puṣpa (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
ive -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
īritā* -
īrita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

īritā (noun, feminine)

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

√īr -> īrita (participle, masculine)

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

√īr -> īritā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √īr], [vocative plural from √īr], [accusative plural from √īr]
latāḥ -
latā (noun, feminine)

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