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 8.74

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ततो मुहूर्तं सुतशोकमोहितो जनेन तुल्याभिजनेन धारितः ।
निरीक्ष्य दृष्ट्या जलपूर्णया हयं महीतलस्थो विललाप पार्थिवः ॥ ७४ ॥

tato muhūrtaṃ sutaśokamohito janena tulyābhijanena dhāritaḥ |
nirīkṣya dṛṣṭyā jalapūrṇayā hayaṃ mahītalastho vilalāpa pārthivaḥ || 74 ||

Then the king, distracted by his grief for his son, being held up for a moment by his attendants all of the same race, gazed on the horse with his eyes filled with tears, and then falling on the ground wailed aloud:
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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 (8.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Muhurta, Suta, Shoka, Jana, Tulya, Abhijana, Dharita, Nirikshya, Drishti, Jalapurna, Haya, Mahitala, Stha, Vilala, Apa, Parthiva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.74). 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 muhūrtaṃ sutaśokamohito janena tulyābhijanena dhāritaḥ ”
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]
muhūrtam -
muhūrta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

muhūrtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
suta -
suta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

suta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
śokam -
śoka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śoka (noun, neuter)

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

śokā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ohito -
janena -
jana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

jana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tulyā -
tulya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tulya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tulyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√tul -> tulya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √tul class 10 verb]

√tul -> tulya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √tul class 10 verb]

√tul -> tulyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √tul class 10 verb]
abhijanena -
abhijana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
dhāritaḥ -
dhārita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dhṛ -> dhārita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √dhṛ]
Line 2: “nirīkṣya dṛṣṭyā jalapūrṇayā hayaṃ mahītalastho vilalāpa pārthivaḥ ”
nirīkṣya -
nirīkṣya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nirīkṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirīkṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛṣṭyā* -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

dṛṣṭī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
jalapūrṇayā -
jalapūrṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
hayam -
haya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mahītala -
mahītala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
stho* -
stha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sthā (noun, masculine)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second dual]
vilalā -
vilalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apa -
apa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pārthivaḥ -
pārthiva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]