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 13.40

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चिक्षेप तस्योपरि दीप्तमन्यः कडङ्गरं पर्वतशृङ्गमात्रम् ।
यन्मुक्तमात्रं गगनस्थमेव तस्यानुभावाच्छतधा बभूव ॥ ४० ॥

cikṣepa tasyopari dīptamanyaḥ kaḍaṅgaraṃ parvataśṛṅgamātram |
yanmuktamātraṃ gaganasthameva tasyānubhāvācchatadhā babhūva || 40 ||

Another hurled upon him a mass of blazing straw as big as a mountain-peak, which, as soon as it was thrown, while it hung poised in the sky, was shattered into a hundred fragments by the sage's power.
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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 (13.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Upari, Dipta, Ani, Kadanga, Parvata, Shringa, Atra, Yat, Yad, Mukta, Gaganastha, Eva, Anubhava, Shatadha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.40). 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: “cikṣepa tasyopari dīptamanyaḥ kaḍaṅgaraṃ parvataśṛṅgamātram ”
cikṣepa -
√kṣip (verb class 4)

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

√kṣip (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
tasyo -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
upari -
upari (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

upari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dīptam -
dīpta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dīpta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

dīptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anyaḥ -
anī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
kaḍaṅga -
kaḍaṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ram -
ra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

rā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
parvata -
parvata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parvata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√parv (verb class 1)

[imperative active second plural]
śṛṅgam -
śṛṅga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śṛṅga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ātram -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “yanmuktamātraṃ gaganasthameva tasyānubhāvācchatadhā babhūva ”
yan -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
muktam -
mukta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mukta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

muktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √muc class 6 verb], [accusative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √muc class 1 verb], [accusative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √muj class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √muj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √muj class 1 verb]
ātram -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
gaganastham -
gaganastha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gaganastha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

gaganasthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tasyā -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
anubhāvācch -
anubhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
śatadhā* -
śatadhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

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