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 9.19

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मौलीधरैरंसविषक्तहारैः केयूरविष्टब्धभुजैर्नरेन्द्रैः ।
लक्ष्म्यङ्कमध्ये परिवर्तमानैः प्राप्तो गृहस्थैरपि मोक्षधर्मः ॥ १९ ॥

maulīdharairaṃsaviṣaktahāraiḥ keyūraviṣṭabdhabhujairnarendraiḥ |
lakṣmyaṅkamadhye parivartamānaiḥ prāpto gṛhasthairapi mokṣadharmaḥ || 19 ||

'"Liberation has been attained even by householders, Indras among men, who wore diadems, and carried strings of pearls suspended on their shoulders, whose garlands were entangled with bracelets, and who lay cradled in the lap of Fortune.
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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 (9.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mauli, Maulin, Dhara, Amsa, Vishakta, Hara, Keyura, Vishtabdha, Bhuja, Narendra, Lakshmi, Anka, Adhi, Parivarta, Ana, Prapta, Grihastha, Api, Mokshadharma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.19). 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: “maulīdharairaṃsaviṣaktahāraiḥ keyūraviṣṭabdhabhujairnarendraiḥ ”
maulī -
maulī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

mauli (noun, masculine)

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

maulin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dharair -
dhara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dhara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
aṃsa -
aṃsa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

viṣakta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hāraiḥ -
hāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

hāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
keyūra -
keyūra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

keyūra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

viṣṭabdha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhujair -
bhuja (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
narendraiḥ -
narendra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “lakṣmyaṅkamadhye parivartamānaiḥ prāpto gṛhasthairapi mokṣadharmaḥ ”
lakṣmya -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
aṅkam -
aṅka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aṅka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
adhye -
adhī (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
parivartam -
parivarta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parivartā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ānaiḥ -
āna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
prāpto* -
prāpta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gṛhasthair -
gṛhastha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

gṛhastha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
mokṣadharmaḥ -
mokṣadharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]