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 8.70

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इतीह देवी पतिशोकमूर्छिता रुरोद दध्यौ विललाप चासकृत् ।
स्वभावधीरापि हि सा सती शुचा धृतिं न सस्मार चकार नो ह्रियम् ॥ ७० ॥

itīha devī patiśokamūrchitā ruroda dadhyau vilalāpa cāsakṛt |
svabhāvadhīrāpi hi sā satī śucā dhṛtiṃ na sasmāra cakāra no hriyam || 70 ||

So the queen, fainting in her woe, wept and pondered and wailed aloud repeatedly,—self-possessed as she was by nature, yet in her distress she remembered not her fortitude and felt no shame.
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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 (8.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Iha, Devi, Devin, Patishoka, Chita, Vilala, Apa, Casa, Krit, Svabhava, Dhira, Api, Sat, Sati, Shuca, Dhriti, Cakara, Asmad, Hri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.70). 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: “itīha devī patiśokamūrchitā ruroda dadhyau vilalāpa cāsakṛt ”
itī -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
devī -
devī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

devin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
patiśokam -
patiśoka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ūr -
chitā* -
chita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

chitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ruroda -
√rud (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
dadhyau -
√dhyā (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√dhyā (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
vilalā -
vilalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apa -
apa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cāsa -
cāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cāsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṛt -
kṛt (noun, masculine)

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

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “svabhāvadhīrāpi hi sā satī śucā dhṛtiṃ na sasmāra cakāra no hriyam ”
svabhāva -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhīrā -
dhīra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhīra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhīrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
satī -
satī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

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

sati (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śucā* -
śuca (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śucā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dhṛtim -
dhṛti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

dhṛti (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sasmāra -
√smṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
cakāra -
cakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
no* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
hriyam -
hrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]