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 1.2

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आसीद्विशालोन्नतसानुलक्ष्म्या पयोदपङ्क्त्येव परीतपार्श्वम् ।
उदग्रधिष्ण्यं गगणे ऽवगाढं पुरं महर्षेः कपिलस्य वस्तु ॥ २ ॥

āsīdviśālonnatasānulakṣmyā payodapaṅktyeva parītapārśvam |
udagradhiṣṇyaṃ gagaṇe 'vagāḍhaṃ puraṃ maharṣeḥ kapilasya vastu || 2 ||

There was a city, the dwelling-place of the great saint Kapila, having its sides surrounded by the beauty of a lofty broad table-land as by a line of clouds, and itself, with its high-soaring palaces, immersed in the sky.
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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 (1.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishala, Unnata, Lakshmi, Payoda, Pankti, Eva, Parita, Parshva, Udagra, Dhishnya, Dhishni, Gagana, Avagadha, Pur, Pura, Maharshi, Kapila, Vastu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.2). 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: “āsīdviśālonnatasānulakṣmyā payodapaṅktyeva parītapārśvam ”
āsīd -
√ās (verb class 2)

[aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]

√as (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
viśālo -
viśāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśālā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

unnata (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]
lakṣmyā -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
payoda -
payoda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

payoda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paṅktye -
paṅkti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

paṅkti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

paṅkti (noun, neuter)

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

paṅktī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

paṅktī (noun, feminine)

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

paṅktī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

parīta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pārśvam -
pārśva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pārśva (noun, neuter)

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

pārśvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “udagradhiṣṇyaṃ gagaṇe 'vagāḍhaṃ puraṃ maharṣeḥ kapilasya vastu ”
udagra -
udagra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

udagra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhiṣṇyam -
dhiṣṇya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhiṣṇya (noun, neuter)

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

dhiṣṇyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dhiṣṇī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
gagaṇe' -
gagaṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gagaṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
avagāḍham -
avagāḍha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

avagāḍha (noun, neuter)

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

avagāḍhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
puram -
pura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

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

purā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

pur (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
maharṣeḥ -
maharṣi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kapilasya -
kapila (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kapila (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vastu -
vastu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vastu (noun, neuter)

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