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 1.27

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तं जातमात्रमथ काञ्चनयूपगौरं प्रीतः सहस्रनयणः शनकैरगृह्णात् ।
मन्दारपुष्पनिकरैः सह तस्य मूर्ध्नि खान्निर्मले च विनिपेततुरम्बुधारे ॥ २७ ॥

taṃ jātamātramatha kāñcanayūpagauraṃ prītaḥ sahasranayaṇaḥ śanakairagṛhṇāt |
mandārapuṣpanikaraiḥ saha tasya mūrdhni khānnirmale ca vinipetaturambudhāre || 27 ||

As soon as he was born the thousand-eyed (Indra) well-pleased took him gently, bright like a golden pillar; and two pure streams of water fell down from heaven upon his head with piles of Mandara flowers.
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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 (1.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jatamatra, Atha, Kancana, Yupa, Gaura, Prita, Sahasra, Naya, Shanakaih, Shanaka, Mandarapushpa, Nikara, Saha, Tad, Murdhan, Kha, Mala, Mali, Ambudhara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.27). 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: “taṃ jātamātramatha kāñcanayūpagauraṃ prītaḥ sahasranayaṇaḥ śanakairagṛhṇāt ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
jātamātram -
jātamātra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jātamātra (noun, neuter)

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

jātamātrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāñcana -
kāñcana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāñcana (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
gauram -
gaura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gaura (noun, neuter)

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

gaurā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prītaḥ -
prīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√pre -> prīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √pre class 2 verb]

√prī -> prīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √prī class 4 verb], [nominative single from √prī class 9 verb]
sahasra -
sahasra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sahasra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

naya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√nay (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√nī (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ṇaḥ -
ṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śanakair -
śanakaiḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

śanaka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
agṛhṇāt -
√grah (verb class 9)

[imperfect active third single]
Line 2: “mandārapuṣpanikaraiḥ saha tasya mūrdhni khānnirmale ca vinipetaturambudhāre ”
mandārapuṣpa -
mandārapuṣpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nikaraiḥ -
nikara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
saha -
saha (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

saha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sah (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
mūrdhni -
mūrdhan (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
khānn -
kha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ir -
i (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
male -
mala (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mala (noun, neuter)

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

malā (noun, feminine)

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

mali (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√mal (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vini -
vi (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

vini (Preverb)

[Preverb]
petatur -
√pat (verb class 1)

[perfect active third dual]

√pat (verb class 4)

[perfect active third dual]
ambudhāre -
ambudhāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]