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 10.9

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दृष्ट्वा शुभोर्णभ्रुवमायताक्षं ज्वलच्छरीरं शुभजालहस्तम् ।
तं भिक्षुवेशं क्षितिपालनार्हं सञ्चुक्षुभे राजगृहस्य लक्ष्मीः ॥ ९ ॥

dṛṣṭvā śubhorṇabhruvamāyatākṣaṃ jvalaccharīraṃ śubhajālahastam |
taṃ bhikṣuveśaṃ kṣitipālanārhaṃ sañcukṣubhe rājagṛhasya lakṣmīḥ || 9 ||

Having beheld him with the beautiful circle of hair between his brows and with long eyes, with his radiant body and his hands showing a graceful membrane between the fingers,—so worthy of ruling the earth and yet wearing a mendicant's dress,—the Goddess of Rajagriha was herself perturbed.
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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 (10.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shubhornabhru, Ayataksha, Jvalaccharira, Shubha, Jala, Hasta, Bhikshu, Vesha, Kshitipala, Nri, Arha, Kshubh, Kshubha, Rajagriha, Lakshmi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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Line 1: “dṛṣṭvā śubhorṇabhruvamāyatākṣaṃ jvalaccharīraṃ śubhajālahastam ”
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
śubhorṇabhruvam -
śubhorṇabhrū (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
āyatākṣam -
āyatākṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āyatākṣa (noun, neuter)

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

āyatākṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jvalaccharīram -
jvalaccharīra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jvalaccharīra (noun, neuter)

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

jvalaccharīrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śubha -
śubha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śubha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śubh (verb class 6)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

jāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hastam -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hasta (noun, neuter)

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

hastā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “taṃ bhikṣuveśaṃ kṣitipālanārhaṃ sañcukṣubhe rājagṛhasya lakṣmīḥ ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bhikṣu -
bhikṣu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhikṣu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
veśam -
veśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
kṣitipāla -
kṣitipāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arham -
arha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arha (noun, neuter)

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

arhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sañcu -
sañcu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
kṣubhe -
kṣubh (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

kṣubhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
rājagṛhasya -
rājagṛha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

rājagṛha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
lakṣmīḥ -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [accusative plural]