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 10.13

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अलोलचक्षुर्युगमात्रदर्शी निवृत्तवाग्यन्त्रितमन्दगामी ।
चचार भिक्षां स तु भिक्षुवर्यो निधाय गात्राणि चलं च चेतः ॥ १३ ॥

alolacakṣuryugamātradarśī nivṛttavāgyantritamandagāmī |
cacāra bhikṣāṃ sa tu bhikṣuvaryo nidhāya gātrāṇi calaṃ ca cetaḥ || 13 ||

With unrestless eyes, seeing only a yoke's length before him, with his voice hushed, and his walk slow and measured, he, the noblest of mendicants, went begging alms, keeping his limbs and his wandering thoughts under control.
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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 (10.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Alola, Cakshu, Cakshus, Yugamatradarshin, Nivritta, Vac, Yantrita, Anda, Gamin, Bhiksha, Bhikshuvarya, Nidhaya, Gatra, Cala, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.13). 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: “alolacakṣuryugamātradarśī nivṛttavāgyantritamandagāmī ”
alola -
alola (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

alola (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cakṣur -
cakṣus (noun, masculine)

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

cakṣus (noun, neuter)

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

cakṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṣai (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
yugamātradarśī -
yugamātradarśin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nivṛtta -
nivṛtta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nivṛtta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāg -
vāc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
yantritam -
yantrita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yantrita (noun, neuter)

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

yantritā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√yantr -> yantrita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yantr class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yantr class 10 verb]

√yantr -> yantrita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √yantr class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yantr class 1 verb], [nominative single from √yantr class 10 verb], [accusative single from √yantr class 10 verb]
anda -
anda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√and (verb class 1)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “cacāra bhikṣāṃ sa tu bhikṣuvaryo nidhāya gātrāṇi calaṃ ca cetaḥ ”
cacāra -
√car (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
bhikṣām -
bhikṣā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
bhikṣuvaryo* -
bhikṣuvarya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nidhāya -
nidhāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gātrāṇi -
gātra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
calam -
cala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cala (noun, neuter)

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

calā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cetaḥ -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]