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 13.23

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तालप्रमाणाश्च गृहीतशूला दंष्ट्राकरालाश्च शिशुप्रमाणाः ।
उरभ्रवक्त्राश्च विहङ्गमाश्च मार्जारवक्त्राश्च मनुष्यकायाः ॥ २३ ॥

tālapramāṇāśca gṛhītaśūlā daṃṣṭrākarālāśca śiśupramāṇāḥ |
urabhravaktrāśca vihaṅgamāśca mārjāravaktrāśca manuṣyakāyāḥ || 23 ||

Some were as tall as palm-trees, carrying spears,—others were of the size of children with projecting teeth, others birds with the faces of rams, others with men's bodies and cats' faces;
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (13.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Talapramana, Grihitashula, Damshtrakarala, Shishupramana, Urabhra, Vaktra, Vihangama, Marjaravaktra, Manushyakaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.23). 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: “tālapramāṇāśca gṛhītaśūlā daṃṣṭrākarālāśca śiśupramāṇāḥ ”
tālapramāṇāś -
tālapramāṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tālapramāṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gṛhītaśūlā* -
gṛhītaśūla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gṛhītaśūlā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
daṃṣṭrākarālāś -
daṃṣṭrākarāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

daṃṣṭrākarālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śiśupramāṇāḥ -
śiśupramāṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śiśupramāṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “urabhravaktrāśca vihaṅgamāśca mārjāravaktrāśca manuṣyakāyāḥ ”
urabhra -
urabhra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaktrāś -
vaktra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vaktrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vihaṅgamāś -
vihaṅgama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vihaṅgamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mārjāravaktrāś -
mārjāravaktra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mārjāravaktrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
manuṣyakāyāḥ -
manuṣyakāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

manuṣyakāyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]