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 13.52

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तरक्षुसिंहाकृतयस्तथान्ये प्रणेदुरुच्चैर्महतः प्रणादान् ।
सत्त्वानि यैः सञ्चुकुचुः समन्ताद्वज्राहता द्यौः फलतीति मत्वा ॥ ५२ ॥

tarakṣusiṃhākṛtayastathānye praṇeduruccairmahataḥ praṇādān |
sattvāni yaiḥ sañcukucuḥ samantādvajrāhatā dyauḥ phalatīti matvā || 52 ||

Others, wearing the forms of hyenas and lions, uttered loudly fierce howls, which caused all beings round to quail with terror, as thinking that the heavens were smitten with a thunderbolt and were bursting.
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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 (13.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Simha, Akriti, Prana, Duh, Uccaih, Ucca, Mahat, Mahata, Pranada, Sattva, Yah, Yat, Samantat, Samanta, Vajrahata, Div, Dyau, Phalat, Iti, Matu, Matva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.52). 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: “tarakṣusiṃhākṛtayastathānye praṇeduruccairmahataḥ praṇādān ”
tarakṣu -
tarakṣu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
siṃhā -
siṃha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

siṃhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ākṛtayas -
ākṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ākṛti (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
tathānye -
praṇe -
praṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

praṇa (noun, neuter)

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

praṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dur -
duḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dur (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dur (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb]
uccair -
uccaiḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uccaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ucca (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ucca (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
mahataḥ -
mahat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

mahata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√mah (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]
praṇādān -
praṇāda (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “sattvāni yaiḥ sañcukucuḥ samantādvajrāhatā dyauḥ phalatīti matvā ”
sattvāni -
sattva (noun, neuter)

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

[instrumental plural]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
sañ -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

sam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cukucuḥ -
√kuc (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√kuc (verb class 6)

[perfect active third plural]
samantād -
samantāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

samanta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

samanta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vajrāhatā* -
vajrāhata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vajrāhatā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single], [vocative single]

dyau (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
phalatī -
√phal -> phalat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √phal class 1 verb]

√phal -> phalat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √phal class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √phal class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √phal class 1 verb], [locative single from √phal class 1 verb]

√phal (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
matvā -
√man -> matvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √man]

√man -> matvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √man]

matu (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

matvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]