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 13.26

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ननर्त कश्चिद्भ्रमयंस्त्रिशूलं कश्चिद्ध पुस्फूर्ज गदां विकर्षन् ।
हर्षेण कश्चिद्वृषवन्ननर्त कश्चित्प्रजज्वाल तनूरुहेभ्यः ॥ २६ ॥

nanarta kaścidbhramayaṃstriśūlaṃ kaściddha pusphūrja gadāṃ vikarṣan |
harṣeṇa kaścidvṛṣavannanarta kaścitprajajvāla tanūruhebhyaḥ || 26 ||

One danced, shaking a trident, another made a crash, dragging a club, another bounded for joy like a bull, another blazed out flames from every hair.
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 (13.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Cit, Bhrama, Yat, Trishula, Han, Sphurja, Gada, Karshat, Harsha, Vrishavat, Ana, Rita, Praja, Jvala, Tanuruha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.26). 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: “nanarta kaścidbhramayaṃstriśūlaṃ kaściddha pusphūrja gadāṃ vikarṣan ”
nanarta -
√nṛt (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhrama -
bhrama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhram (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
yaṃs -
yat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
triśūlam -
triśūla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

triśūla (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ciddh -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ha -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pu -
pu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pu (noun, neuter)

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

pu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

pū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

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

pū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
sphūrja -
sphūrja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sphūrj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
gadām -
gadā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vi -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vi (noun, neuter)

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

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
karṣan -
√kṛṣ -> karṣat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛṣ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “harṣeṇa kaścidvṛṣavannanarta kaścitprajajvāla tanūruhebhyaḥ ”
harṣeṇa -
harṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

harṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vṛṣavann -
vṛṣavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
anar -
anā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ṛta -
ṛta (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
praja -
praja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

praja (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

jvāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tanūruhebhyaḥ -
tanūruha (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

tanūruha (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]