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 1.45

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क्वचित् क्वणत्तूर्यमृदङ्गगीतैर्वीणामुकुन्दामुरजादिभिश्च ।
स्वीणां चलत्कुण्डलभूषितानां विराजितं चोभयपार्श्चतस्तत् ॥ ४५ ॥

kvacit kvaṇattūryamṛdaṅgagītairvīṇāmukundāmurajādibhiśca |
svīṇāṃ calatkuṇḍalabhūṣitānāṃ virājitaṃ cobhayapārścatastat || 45 ||

Sometimes there resounded on both sides songs mingled with musical instruments and tabours, and lutes also, drums, tambourines, and the rest,—from women adorned with dancing bracelets.
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 (1.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kva, Acit, Kvanat, Turya, Gita, Vina, Uksh, Aja, Virajita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 1.45). 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: “kvacit kvaṇattūryamṛdaṅgagītairvīṇāmukundāmurajādibhiśca ”
kva -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

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

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
acit -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kvaṇat -
√kvaṇ -> kvaṇat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kvaṇ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kvaṇ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kvaṇ class 1 verb]
tūryam -
tūrya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tūrya (noun, neuter)

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

tūryā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ṛ -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
daṅ -
dā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
ga -
ga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gītair -
gīta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

gīta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vīṇām -
vīṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
uk -
ukṣ (noun, masculine)

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

ukṣ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
undā -
√und (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
amur -
√mā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third plural]
ajād -
aja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

aja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ibhiś -
i (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “svīṇāṃ calatkuṇḍalabhūṣitānāṃ virājitaṃ cobhayapārścatastat ”
Cannot analyse svīṇām*ca
Cannot analyse calatkuṇḍalabhūṣitānām*vi
virājitam -
virājita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

virājita (noun, neuter)

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

virājitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Cannot analyse cobhayapārścatastat