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 13.42

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तद्बोधिमूले प्रविकीर्यमाणमङ्गारवर्षं तु सविस्फुलिङ्गम् ।
मैत्रीविहारादृषिसत्तमस्य बभूव रक्तोत्पलपत्रवर्षः ॥ ४२ ॥

tadbodhimūle pravikīryamāṇamaṅgāravarṣaṃ tu savisphuliṅgam |
maitrīvihārādṛṣisattamasya babhūva raktotpalapatravarṣaḥ || 42 ||

But that shower of embers full of sparks, when scattered at the foot of the Bodhi tree, became a shower of red lotus-petals through the operation of the great saint's boundless charity.
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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 (13.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Bodhin, Mula, Pra, Vij, Iryamana, Angaravarsha, Sphulinga, Maitri, Maitrin, Vihara, Rishisattama, Raktotpalapatra, Varsha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.42). 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: “tadbodhimūle pravikīryamāṇamaṅgāravarṣaṃ tu savisphuliṅgam ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bodhi -
bodhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bodhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bodhin (noun, neuter)

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

[locative single]

mūla (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mūlā (noun, feminine)

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

√mūl (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vik -
vij (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
īryamāṇam -
√īr -> īryamāṇa (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √īr]

√īr -> īryamāṇa (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √īr]

√īr -> īryamāṇā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √īr]

√īr -> īryamāṇa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √īr class 2 verb], [accusative single from √īr]

√īr -> īryamāṇa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √īr class 2 verb], [accusative single from √īr class 2 verb], [nominative single from √īr], [accusative single from √īr]
aṅgāravarṣam -
aṅgāravarṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
savi -
so (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
sphuliṅgam -
sphuliṅga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “maitrīvihārādṛṣisattamasya babhūva raktotpalapatravarṣaḥ ”
maitrī -
maitrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

maitri (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

maitrin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vihārād -
vihāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ṛṣisattamasya -
ṛṣisattama (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

raktotpalapatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varṣaḥ -
varṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]