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 13.54

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तेषां प्रणादैस्तु तथाविधैस्तैः सर्वेषु भूतेष्वपि कम्पितेषु ।
मुनिर्न तत्रास न सञ्चुकोच रवैर्गरुत्मानिव वायसानाम् ॥ ५४ ॥

teṣāṃ praṇādaistu tathāvidhaistaiḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣvapi kampiteṣu |
munirna tatrāsa na sañcukoca ravairgarutmāniva vāyasānām || 54 ||

But amidst all these various sounds which they made, although all living creatures were shaken, the saint trembled not nor quailed, like Garuda at the noise of crows.
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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 (13.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Pranada, Tathavidha, Sarva, Bhuta, Api, Kampita, Muni, Koca, Rava, Garutman, Vayasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.54). 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: “teṣāṃ praṇādaistu tathāvidhaistaiḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣvapi kampiteṣu ”
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
praṇādais -
praṇāda (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tathāvidhais -
tathāvidha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

tathāvidha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
taiḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
sarveṣu -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
bhūteṣva -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kampiteṣu -
kampita (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kampita (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√kamp -> kampita (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √kamp class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kamp]

√kamp -> kampita (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √kamp class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kamp]
Line 2: “munirna tatrāsa na sañcukoca ravairgarutmāniva vāyasānām ”
munir -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tatrāsa -
√tras (verb class 1)

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

√tras (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]
koca -
koca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ravair -
rava (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
garutmāni -
garutman (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāyasānām -
vāyasa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vāyasa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]