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 10.21

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ततः शुचौ वारणकर्णनीले शिलातले ऽसौ निषसाद राजा ।
नृपोपविश्यानुमतश्च तस्य भावं विजिज्ञासुरिदं बभाषे ॥ २१ ॥

tataḥ śucau vāraṇakarṇanīle śilātale 'sau niṣasāda rājā |
nṛpopaviśyānumataśca tasya bhāvaṃ vijijñāsuridaṃ babhāṣe || 21 ||

Then the king sat down on the clean surface of the rock, dark blue like an elephant's ear; and being seated, with the other's assent, he thus spoke, desiring to know his state of mind:
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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 (10.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Shuc, Shuca, Shuci, Varanaka, Rina, Nila, Shilatala, Asi, Asu, Adah, Nisha, Sada, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Nripa, Upavishya, Anumata, Bhava, Vijijnasu, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.21). 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: “tataḥ śucau vāraṇakarṇanīle śilātale 'sau niṣasāda rājā ”
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
śucau -
śuc (noun, feminine)

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

śuc (noun, masculine)

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

śuca (noun, masculine)

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

śuci (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śuci (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
vāraṇakar -
vāraṇaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāraṇaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ṛṇa -
ṛṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nīle -
nīla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nīla (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

nīlā (noun, feminine)

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

√nīl (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
śilātale' -
śilātala (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāda -
sāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
rājā -
rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

rāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “nṛpopaviśyānumataśca tasya bhāvaṃ vijijñāsuridaṃ babhāṣe ”
nṛpo -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
upaviśyā -
upaviśya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
anumataś -
anumata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
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]
bhāvam -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
vijijñāsur -
vijijñāsu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vijijñāsu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
babhāṣe -
√bhāṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]