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 9.20

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ध्रुवानुजौ यौ बलिवज्रबाहू वैभ्राजमाषाढमथान्तिदेवम् ।
विदेहराजं जनकं तथैव पाकद्रुमं सेनजितश्च राज्ञः ॥ २० ॥

dhruvānujau yau balivajrabāhū vaibhrājamāṣāḍhamathāntidevam |
videharājaṃ janakaṃ tathaiva pākadrumaṃ senajitaśca rājñaḥ || 20 ||

'"Bali and Vajrabahu, the two younger brothers of Dhruva, Vaibhraja, Ashadha, and Antideva, and Janaka also, the king of the Videhas, and king Senajit's son, his tree of ripe blessing;
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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 (9.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhruva, Anuja, Yah, Balin, Bali, Vajrabahu, Vaibhraja, Ashadha, Atha, Antideva, Videharaja, Janaka, Tatha, Paka, Druma, Senajit, Rajan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.20). 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: “dhruvānujau yau balivajrabāhū vaibhrājamāṣāḍhamathāntidevam ”
dhruvā -
dhruva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhruva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhruvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√dhru (verb class 6)

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

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
yau -
yu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
bali -
balin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

balin (noun, neuter)

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

bali (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

balī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

balī (noun, feminine)

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

balī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vajrabāhū -
vajrabāhu (noun, masculine)

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

vajrabāhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vaibhrājam -
vaibhrāja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
āṣāḍham -
āṣāḍha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āṣāḍha (noun, neuter)

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

āṣāḍhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
athā -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
antidevam -
antideva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

antideva (noun, neuter)

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

antidevā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “videharājaṃ janakaṃ tathaiva pākadrumaṃ senajitaśca rājñaḥ ”
videharājam -
videharāja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
janakam -
janaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

janaka (noun, neuter)

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

janakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
pāka -
pāka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pāka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
drumam -
druma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

drumā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
senajitaś -
senajit (noun, masculine)

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

senajit (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rājñaḥ -
rājan (noun, masculine)

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