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 13.71

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गतप्रहर्षा विफलीकृतश्रमा प्रविद्धपाषाणकडङ्गरद्रुमा ।
दिशः प्रदुद्राव ततो ऽस्य सा चमूर्हताश्रयेव द्विषता द्विषच्चमूः ॥ ७१ ॥

gatapraharṣā viphalīkṛtaśramā praviddhapāṣāṇakaḍaṅgaradrumā |
diśaḥ pradudrāva tato 'sya sā camūrhatāśrayeva dviṣatā dviṣaccamūḥ || 71 ||

With their triumph at an end, their labour all fruitless, and all their stones, straw, and trees thrown away, that host of his fled in all directions, like some hostile army when its camp has been destroyed by the enemy.
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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 (13.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gata, Praharsha, Viphalikrita, Praviddha, Pashana, Kadanga, Druma, Dishas, Dish, Disha, Pra, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Idam, Camu, Hatashraya, Iva, Dvishata, Dvishat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.71). 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: “gatapraharṣā viphalīkṛtaśramā praviddhapāṣāṇakaḍaṅgaradrumā ”
gata -
gata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
praharṣā* -
praharṣa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

viphalīkṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śramā -
praviddha -
praviddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

praviddha (noun, neuter)

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

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

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
drumā -
drumā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “diśaḥ pradudrāva tato 'sya sā camūrhatāśrayeva dviṣatā dviṣaccamūḥ ”
diśaḥ -
diśas (noun, feminine)

[compound], [vocative single]

diś (noun, feminine)

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

diśa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
dudrāva -
√dru (verb class 1)

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

√dru (verb class 5)

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

√drū (verb class 5)

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

√drū (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
tato' -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
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]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
camūr -
camū (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [accusative plural]
hatāśraye -
hatāśraya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

hatāśraya (noun, neuter)

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

hatāśrayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dviṣatā* -
dviṣatā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound]

dviṣat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
camūḥ -
camū (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [accusative plural]