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 8.72

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समाप्तजाप्यः कृतहोममङ्गलो नृपस्तु देवायतनाद्विनिर्ययौ ।
जनस्य तेनार्त्तरवेण चाहतश्चचाल वज्रध्वनिनेव वारणः ॥ ७२ ॥

samāptajāpyaḥ kṛtahomamaṅgalo nṛpastu devāyatanādviniryayau |
janasya tenārttaraveṇa cāhataścacāla vajradhvanineva vāraṇaḥ || 72 ||

But the king, having ended his prayers, and performed the auspicious rites of the sacrifice, now came out of the temple; and being smitten by the wailing sound of the people, he tottered like an elephant at the crash of a thunderbolt.
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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 (8.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samapta, Japya, Japi, Krita, Homa, Anga, Las, Nripa, Devayatana, Aya, Jana, Tad, Tena, Rava, Ahata, Vajradhvani, Iva, Varana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.72). 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: “samāptajāpyaḥ kṛtahomamaṅgalo nṛpastu devāyatanādviniryayau ”
samāpta -
samāpta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

samāpta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jāpyaḥ -
jāpya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jap -> jāpya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jap]

√ji -> jāpya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √ji]

jāpī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

jāpī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
kṛta -
kṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[injunctive middle third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural], [injunctive middle third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[injunctive middle third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[injunctive middle third single]
homam -
homa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
aṅga -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
lo* -
las (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

las (noun, neuter)

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

la (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nṛpas -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
devāyatanād -
devāyatana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vini -
vi (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
rya -
rī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
ayau -
aya (noun, masculine)

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

e (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “janasya tenārttaraveṇa cāhataścacāla vajradhvanineva vāraṇaḥ ”
janasya -
jana (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

jana (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tenā -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
ārtta -
√ard (verb class 7)

[imperfect active second plural]
raveṇa -
rava (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ahataś -
ahata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cacāla -
√cal (verb class 1)

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

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vāraṇaḥ -
vāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]