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 1.38

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महोरगा धर्मविशेषतर्षाद्बुद्धेष्वतीतेषु कृताधिकाराः ।
यमव्यजन् भक्तिविशिष्टनेत्रा मन्दारपुष्पैः समवाकिरंश्च ॥ ३८ ॥

mahoragā dharmaviśeṣatarṣādbuddheṣvatīteṣu kṛtādhikārāḥ |
yamavyajan bhaktiviśiṣṭanetrā mandārapuṣpaiḥ samavākiraṃśca || 38 ||

The great dragons in their great thirst for the Law,—they who had had the privilege of waiting on the past Buddhas,—gazing with eyes of intent devotion, fanned him and strewed Mandara flowers over him.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahoraga, Dharma, Dharman, Vishesha, Tarsha, Buddha, Atita, Kritadhikara, Yama, Vishishta, Netra, Mandarapushpa, Sama, Vac, Irat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.38). 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: “mahoragā dharmaviśeṣatarṣādbuddheṣvatīteṣu kṛtādhikārāḥ ”
mahoragā* -
mahoraga (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
viśeṣa -
viśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśeṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tarṣād -
tarṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
buddheṣva -
buddha (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

buddha (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
atīteṣu -
atīta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

atīta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
kṛtādhikārāḥ -
kṛtādhikāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kṛtādhikārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “yamavyajan bhaktiviśiṣṭanetrā mandārapuṣpaiḥ samavākiraṃśca ”
yama -
yama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vyajan -
bhakti -
bhakti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
viśiṣṭa -
viśiṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśiṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
netrā* -
netra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mandārapuṣpaiḥ -
mandārapuṣpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
sama -
sama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vāk -
vāc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
iraṃś -
√ir -> irat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √ir class 6 verb], [vocative single from √ir class 6 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]