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 10.3

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गाम्भीर्यमोजश्च निशाम्य तस्य वपुश्च दीप्तं पुरुषानतीत्य ।
विसिस्मिये तत्र जनस्तदानीं स्थाणुव्रतस्येव वृषध्वजस्य ॥ ३ ॥

gāmbhīryamojaśca niśāmya tasya vapuśca dīptaṃ puruṣānatītya |
visismiye tatra janastadānīṃ sthāṇuvratasyeva vṛṣadhvajasya || 3 ||

Having heard of his majesty and strength, and his splendid beauty, surpassing all other men, the people of that region were all astonished as at him who has a bull for his sign and is immovable in his vow.
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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 (10.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gambhirya, Oja, Ojas, Nish, Nisha, Tad, Vapu, Vapus, Dipta, Purusha, Ati, Itya, Tatra, Jana, Janas, Tadanim, Sthanu, Vrata, Iva, Vrishadhvaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.3). 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: “gāmbhīryamojaśca niśāmya tasya vapuśca dīptaṃ puruṣānatītya ”
gāmbhīryam -
gāmbhīrya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gāmbhīrya (noun, neuter)

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

gāmbhīryā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ojaś -
ojas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ojas (noun, neuter)

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

oja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niśām -
niś (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

niśā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ya -
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
vapuś -
vapus (noun, masculine)

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

vapus (noun, neuter)

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

vapu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vapu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dīptam -
dīpta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dīpta (noun, neuter)

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

dīptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
puruṣān -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
atī -
ati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ati (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
itya -
itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
Line 2: “visismiye tatra janastadānīṃ sthāṇuvratasyeva vṛṣadhvajasya ”
Cannot analyse visismiye*ta
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
janas -
janas (noun, neuter)

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

jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tadānīm -
tadānīm (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sthāṇu -
sthāṇu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sthāṇu (noun, neuter)

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

sthāṇu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
vratasye -
vrata (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vrata (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vṛṣadhvajasya -
vṛṣadhvaja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]