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 13.24

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प्रकीर्णकेशाः शिखिनो ऽर्धमुण्डा रज्ज्वम्बरा व्याकुलवेष्टनाश्च ।
प्रहृष्टवक्त्रा भृकुटीमुखाश्च तेजोहराश्चैव मनोहराश्च ॥ २४ ॥

prakīrṇakeśāḥ śikhino 'rdhamuṇḍā rajjvambarā vyākulaveṣṭanāśca |
prahṛṣṭavaktrā bhṛkuṭīmukhāśca tejoharāścaiva manoharāśca || 24 ||

With dishevelled hair, or with topknots, or half-bald, with rope-garments or with head-dress all in confusion,—with triumphant faces or frowning faces,—wasting the strength or fascinating the 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 (13.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prakirnakesha, Shikhin, Shikhina, Ardhamunda, Rajjvambara, Vyakulaveshtana, Prahrishta, Vaktra, Bhrikuti, Ukha, Tejohara, Manohara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.24). 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: “prakīrṇakeśāḥ śikhino 'rdhamuṇḍā rajjvambarā vyākulaveṣṭanāśca ”
prakīrṇakeśāḥ -
prakīrṇakeśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
śikhino' -
śikhin (noun, masculine)

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

śikhin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

śikhina (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ardhamuṇḍā* -
ardhamuṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ardhamuṇḍā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
rajjvambarā* -
rajjvambara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rajjvambarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vyākulaveṣṭanāś -
vyākulaveṣṭana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vyākulaveṣṭanā (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]
Line 2: “prahṛṣṭavaktrā bhṛkuṭīmukhāśca tejoharāścaiva manoharāśca ”
prahṛṣṭa -
prahṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prahṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vaktrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhṛkuṭīm -
bhṛkuṭī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ukhāś -
ukha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ukhā (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]
tejoharāś -
tejohara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tejoharā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
manoharāś -
manohara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

manoharā (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]