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 1.20

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धृत्वा हिमाद्रिधवलं गुरु षड्विषाणां दानाधिवासितमुखं द्विरदस्य रूपम् ।
शुद्धोदनस्य वसुधाधिपतेर्महिष्याः कुक्षिं विवेश स जगद्व्यसनक्षयाय ॥ २० ॥

dhṛtvā himādridhavalaṃ guru ṣaḍviṣāṇāṃ dānādhivāsitamukhaṃ dviradasya rūpam |
śuddhodanasya vasudhādhipatermahiṣyāḥ kukṣiṃ viveśa sa jagadvyasanakṣayāya || 20 ||

Assuming the form of a huge elephant white like Himalaya, armed with six tusks, with his face perfumed with flowing ichor, he entered the womb of the queen of king Shuddhodana, to destroy the evils of the world.
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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 (1.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhritva, Dhritvan, Dhavala, Guru, Shadvishana, Daman, Dana, Adhivasita, Ukha, Dvirada, Rupa, Shuddhodana, Vasudhadhipati, Mahishi, Kukshi, Jagat, Vyasana, Kshaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.20). 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: “dhṛtvā himādridhavalaṃ guru ṣaḍviṣāṇāṃ dānādhivāsitamukhaṃ dviradasya rūpam ”
dhṛtvā -
dhṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√dhṛ -> dhṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhṛ]

dhṛtvan (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
dhavalam -
dhavala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhavala (noun, neuter)

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

dhavalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
guru -
guru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

guru (noun, neuter)

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

gurū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

gurū (noun, feminine)

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

gurū (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ṣaḍviṣāṇām -
ṣaḍviṣāṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
dānā -
dāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dāman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

dāman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√dān (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
adhivāsitam -
adhivāsita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

adhivāsita (noun, neuter)

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

adhivāsitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ukham -
ukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dviradasya -
dvirada (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

dvirada (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
rūpam -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

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

rūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “śuddhodanasya vasudhādhipatermahiṣyāḥ kukṣiṃ viveśa sa jagadvyasanakṣayāya ”
śuddhodanasya -
śuddhodana (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
vasudhādhipater -
vasudhādhipati (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
mahiṣyāḥ -
mahiṣī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kukṣim -
kukṣi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

kukṣi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
viveśa -
√viś (verb class 6)

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

√viś (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jagad -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vyasana -
vyasana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣayāya -
kṣaya (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

kṣaya (noun, neuter)

[dative single]