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 11.13

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देवेन वृष्टे ऽपि हिरण्यवर्षे द्वीपान्समुद्रांश्चतुरो ऽपि जित्वा ।
शक्रस्य चार्धासनमप्यवाप्य मान्धातुरासीद्विषयेष्वतृप्तिः ॥ १३ ॥

devena vṛṣṭe 'pi hiraṇyavarṣe dvīpānsamudrāṃścaturo 'pi jitvā |
śakrasya cārdhāsanamapyavāpya māndhāturāsīdviṣayeṣvatṛptiḥ || 13 ||

'When it had rained a golden shower from heaven, and when he had conquered the continents and the four oceans, and had even obtained the half of Shakra's throne, Mandhatri was still unsatisfied with worldly objects.
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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 (11.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deva, Vrishte, Vrishta, Vrishti, Api, Hiranyavarsha, Dvipa, Samudra, Catur, Catura, Jitvan, Shakra, Ardhasana, Apya, Avapya, Mandhatri, Vishaya, Atripti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.13). 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: “devena vṛṣṭe 'pi hiraṇyavarṣe dvīpānsamudrāṃścaturo 'pi jitvā ”
devena -
deva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

deva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vṛṣṭe' -
vṛṣṭe (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

vṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

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

vṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√vṛṣ -> vṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vṛṣ class 1 verb]

√vṛṣ -> vṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √vṛṣ class 1 verb]

√vṛṣ -> vṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √vṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛṣ class 1 verb]

√vṛś -> vṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vṛś class 4 verb]

√vṛś -> vṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vṛś class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛś class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛś class 4 verb], [locative single from √vṛś class 4 verb]

√vṛś -> vṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √vṛś class 4 verb], [vocative single from √vṛś class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛś class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛś class 4 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
hiraṇyavarṣe -
hiraṇyavarṣa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
dvīpān -
dvīpa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
samudrāṃś -
samudra (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
caturo' -
catur (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

catura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
jitvā -
√ji -> jitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ji]

√ji -> jitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ji]

jitvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śakrasya cārdhāsanamapyavāpya māndhāturāsīdviṣayeṣvatṛptiḥ ”
śakrasya -
śakra (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

śakra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ardhāsanam -
ardhāsana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
avāpya -
avāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
māndhātur -
māndhātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
āsīd -
√ās (verb class 2)

[aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]

√as (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
viṣayeṣva -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
atṛptiḥ -
atṛpti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]