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 13.35

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केचिच्चलन्नैकविलम्बिजिह्वास्तीक्ष्णोग्रदंष्ट्रा हरिमण्डलाक्षाः ।
विदारितास्याः स्थिरशङ्कुकर्णाः सन्त्रासयन्तः किल नाम तस्थुः ॥ ३५ ॥

keciccalannaikavilambijihvāstīkṣṇogradaṃṣṭrā harimaṇḍalākṣāḥ |
vidāritāsyāḥ sthiraśaṅkukarṇāḥ santrāsayantaḥ kila nāma tasthuḥ || 35 ||

Some with many tongues hanging out and shaking, with sharp-pointed savage teeth and eyes like the disk of the sun, with wide-yawning mouths and upright ears like spikes,—they stood round trying to frighten him.
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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 (13.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Harimandalaksha, Vidarita, Asi, Iyam, Idam, Sthirashankukarna, Santrasa, Yat, Yantri, Kila, Naman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.35). 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: “keciccalannaikavilambijihvāstīkṣṇogradaṃṣṭrā harimaṇḍalākṣāḥ ”
Cannot analyse keciccalannaikavilambijihvāstīkṣṇogradaṃṣṭrā*ha
harimaṇḍalākṣāḥ -
harimaṇḍalākṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

harimaṇḍalākṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “vidāritāsyāḥ sthiraśaṅkukarṇāḥ santrāsayantaḥ kila nāma tasthuḥ ”
vidāritā -
vidārita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vidārita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vidāritā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asyāḥ -
asi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

asī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

iyam (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
sthiraśaṅkukarṇāḥ -
sthiraśaṅkukarṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sthiraśaṅkukarṇā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

santrāsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yantaḥ -
yat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

yantṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb]
kila -
kila (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kil (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tasthuḥ -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]