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 1.37

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मायातनूजस्य दिवौकसः खे यस्य प्रभावात्प्रणतैः शिरोभिः ।
आधारयन् पाण्दरमातपत्रं बोधाय जेपुः परमाशिषश्च ॥ ३७ ॥

māyātanūjasya divaukasaḥ khe yasya prabhāvātpraṇataiḥ śirobhiḥ |
ādhārayan pāṇdaramātapatraṃ bodhāya jepuḥ paramāśiṣaśca || 37 ||

The gods in homage to the son of Maya, with their heads bowed at his majesty, held up a white umbrella in the sky and muttered the highest blessings on his supreme wisdom.
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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 (1.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Divaukas, Divaukasa, Kha, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Prabhava, Pranata, Shiras, Adhara, Bodha, Parama, Ashis,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.37). 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: “māyātanūjasya divaukasaḥ khe yasya prabhāvātpraṇataiḥ śirobhiḥ ”
māyāta -
√mā (verb class 2)

[optative active second plural]
nū -
nu (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
jasya -
√jas -> jasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jas]

√jas -> jasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jas]

ja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√jas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
divaukasaḥ -
divaukas (noun, masculine)

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

divaukasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
khe -
kha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kha (noun, neuter)

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

khā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

yasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yas -> yasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yas]

ya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
prabhāvāt -
prabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
praṇataiḥ -
praṇata (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

praṇata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
śirobhiḥ -
śiras (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “ādhārayan pāṇdaramātapatraṃ bodhāya jepuḥ paramāśiṣaśca ”
ādhāra -
ādhāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yan -
yat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
Cannot analyse pāṇdaramātapatram*bo
bodhāya -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

bodha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
jepuḥ -
√jap (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
paramā -
parama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

paramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āśiṣaś -
āśis (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]