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 8.60

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ततो धरायामपतद्यशोधरा विचक्रवाकेव रथाङ्गसाह्वया ।
शनैश्च तत्तद्विललाप विक्लवा मुहुर्मुहुर्गद्गदरुद्धया गिरा ॥ ६० ॥

tato dharāyāmapatadyaśodharā vicakravākeva rathāṅgasāhvayā |
śanaiśca tattadvilalāpa viklavā muhurmuhurgadgadaruddhayā girā || 60 ||

Then Yashodhara fell upon the ground, like the ruddy goose parted from her mate, and in utter bewilderment she slowly lamented, with her voice repeatedly stopped by sobs:
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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 (8.60). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Dhara, Yashodhara, Vicakra, Vaka, Iva, Rathangasahva, Shanaih, Shana, Tat, Vilala, Apa, Viklava, Muhur, Gadgadaruddha, Gir, Gira,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.60). 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: “tato dharāyāmapatadyaśodharā vicakravākeva rathāṅgasāhvayā ”
tato* -
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]
dharāyām -
dharā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
apatad -
√pat (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]
yaśodharā* -
yaśodhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

yaśodharā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vicakra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāke -
vāka (noun, masculine)

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

vāka (noun, neuter)

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

vākā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rathāṅgasāhva -
rathāṅgasāhva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śanaiśca tattadvilalāpa viklavā muhurmuhurgadgadaruddhayā girā ”
śanaiś -
śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vilalā -
vilalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apa -
apa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
viklavā* -
viklava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

viklavā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
muhur -
muhur (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

muhur (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
muhur -
muhur (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

muhur (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gadgadaruddhayā -
gadgadaruddhā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
girā -
gir (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

gir (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

gir (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

girā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]