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 10.2

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शैलैः सुगुप्तं च विभूषितं च धृतं च पूतं च शिवैस्तपोदैः ।
पञ्चाचलाङ्कं नगरं प्रपेदे शान्तः स्वयम्भूरिव नाकपृष्ठम् ॥ २ ॥

śailaiḥ suguptaṃ ca vibhūṣitaṃ ca dhṛtaṃ ca pūtaṃ ca śivaistapodaiḥ |
pañcācalāṅkaṃ nagaraṃ prapede śāntaḥ svayambhūriva nākapṛṣṭham || 2 ||

He reached the city distinguished by the five hills, well guarded and adorned with mountains, and supported and hallowed by auspicious sacred places,—like Brahman in a holy calm going to the uppermost heaven.
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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 (10.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shaila, Sugupta, Vibhushita, Dhritam, Dhrit, Dhrita, Puta, Shiva, Tapoda, Pancacalanka, Nagara, Prapa, Shanta, Svayambhu, Iva, Nakaprishtha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.2). 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: “śailaiḥ suguptaṃ ca vibhūṣitaṃ ca dhṛtaṃ ca pūtaṃ ca śivaistapodaiḥ ”
śailaiḥ -
śaila (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śaila (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
suguptam -
sugupta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sugupta (noun, neuter)

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

suguptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vibhūṣitam -
vibhūṣita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vibhūṣita (noun, neuter)

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

vibhūṣitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhṛtam -
dhṛtam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dhṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhṛta (noun, neuter)

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

dhṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dhṛt (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pūtam -
pūta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūta (noun, neuter)

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

pūtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√pū -> pūta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pū class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pū class 9 verb]

√pū -> pūta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pū class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pū class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pū class 9 verb], [accusative single from √pū class 9 verb]

√pūy -> pūta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pūy class 1 verb]

√pūy -> pūta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pūy class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pūy class 1 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śivais -
śiva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śiva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tapodaiḥ -
tapoda (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “pañcācalāṅkaṃ nagaraṃ prapede śāntaḥ svayambhūriva nākapṛṣṭham ”
pañcācalāṅkam -
pañcācalāṅka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pañcācalāṅka (noun, neuter)

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

pañcācalāṅkā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nagaram -
nagaram (adverb)

[adverb]

nagara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nagara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prape -
prapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ide -
śāntaḥ -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śam class 9 verb]
svayambhūr -
svayambhū (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

svayambhū (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

svayambhu (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nākapṛṣṭham -
nākapṛṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nākapṛṣṭha (noun, neuter)

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