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 8.71

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ततस्तथा शोकविलापविक्लवां यशोधरां प्रेक्ष्य वसुन्धरागताम् ।
महारविन्दैरिव वृष्टिताडितैर्मुखैः सवाष्पैर्वनिता विचुक्रुशुः ॥ ७१ ॥

tatastathā śokavilāpaviklavāṃ yaśodharāṃ prekṣya vasundharāgatām |
mahāravindairiva vṛṣṭitāḍitairmukhaiḥ savāṣpairvanitā vicukruśuḥ || 71 ||

Seeing Yashodhara thus bewildered with her wild utterances of grief and fallen on the ground, all the women cried out with their faces streaming with tears like large lotuses beaten by 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 (8.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Tatha, Shoka, Vilapa, Viklava, Yashodhara, Prekshya, Vasundhara, Agata, Mah, Maha, Aravinda, Iva, Vrishtita, Mukha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.71). 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: “tatastathā śokavilāpaviklavāṃ yaśodharāṃ prekṣya vasundharāgatām ”
tatas -
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]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śoka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śuk (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vilāpa -
vilāpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
viklavām -
viklavā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yaśodharām -
yaśodharā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
prekṣya -
prekṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prekṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vasundharā -
vasundhara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vasundhara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vasundharā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
agatām -
agatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√ag (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
Line 2: “mahāravindairiva vṛṣṭitāḍitairmukhaiḥ savāṣpairvanitā vicukruśuḥ ”
mahā -
maha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

maha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mah (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mahā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mah (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
aravindair -
aravinda (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

aravinda (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vṛṣṭitā -
vṛṣṭitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aḍitai -
√aḍ (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
air -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

√i (verb class 2)

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

[instrumental plural]

mukha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Cannot analyse savāṣpairvanitā*vi
vi -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vi (noun, neuter)

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

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

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

vi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cukruśuḥ -
√kruś (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]