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 13.37

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कश्चित्ततो रौद्रविवृत्तदृष्टिस्तस्मै गदामुद्यमयाञ्चकार ।
तस्तम्भ बाहुः सगदस्ततो ऽस्य पुरन्दरस्येव पुरा सवज्रः ॥ ३७ ॥

kaścittato raudravivṛttadṛṣṭistasmai gadāmudyamayāñcakāra |
tastambha bāhuḥ sagadastato 'sya purandarasyeva purā savajraḥ || 37 ||

Then one of them, with his eyes rolling wildly, lifted up a club against him; but his arm with the club was instantly paralysed, as was Indra's of old with its thunderbolt.
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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 (13.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Citta, Tas, Raudra, Vivritta, Drishti, Tad, Gada, Udyama, Cakara, Bahu, Sagat, Asta, Idam, Purandara, Iva, Pura, Pur, Vajra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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Line 1: “kaścittato raudravivṛttadṛṣṭistasmai gadāmudyamayāñcakāra ”
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
citta -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
to* -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
raudra -
raudra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

raudra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vivṛtta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛṣṭis -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tasmai -
tad (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
gadām -
gadā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
udyama -
udyama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yāñ -
yā (pronoun, feminine)

[accusative single]
cakāra -
cakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṝ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “tastambha bāhuḥ sagadastato 'sya purandarasyeva purā savajraḥ ”
tastambha -
√stambh (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√stambh (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√stambh (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
bāhuḥ -
bāhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sagad -
√sag -> sagat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sag class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sag class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sag class 1 verb]
asta -
asta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
to' -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
purandarasye -
purandara (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

purandara (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
purā -
purā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pur (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

purā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vajraḥ -
vajra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]