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 3.19

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वातायनेभ्यस्तु विनिःसृतानि परस्परोपासितकुण्डलानि ।
स्त्रीणां विरेजुर्मुखपङ्कजानि सक्तानि हर्म्येष्विव पङ्कजानि ॥ १९ ॥

vātāyanebhyastu viniḥsṛtāni parasparopāsitakuṇḍalāni |
strīṇāṃ virejurmukhapaṅkajāni saktāni harmyeṣviva paṅkajāni || 19 ||

The lotus-like faces of the women gleamed while they looked out from the windows with their earrings coming into mutual proximity, as if they were real lotuses fastened upon the houses.
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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 (3.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vatayana, Vinihsrita, Paraspara, Upasita, Kundala, Kundalani, Stri, Vira, Viri, Mukhapankaja, Ani, Sakta, Harmya, Iva, Pankaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.19). 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: “vātāyanebhyastu viniḥsṛtāni parasparopāsitakuṇḍalāni ”
vātāyanebhyas -
vātāyana (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

vātāyana (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
viniḥsṛtāni -
viniḥsṛta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
parasparo -
paraspara (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paraspara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paraspara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

parasparā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

upāsita (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

kuṇḍalāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kuṇḍalāni (noun, neuter)

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

kuṇḍala (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “strīṇāṃ virejurmukhapaṅkajāni saktāni harmyeṣviva paṅkajāni ”
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
vire -
vira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

vira (noun, neuter)

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

virā (noun, feminine)

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

viri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

viri (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
ījur -
√īj (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√yaj (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
mukhapaṅkajā -
mukhapaṅkaja (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

anī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
saktāni -
sakta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√sag -> sakta (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sag class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sag class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sag class 1 verb]

√saj -> sakta (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √saj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √saj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √saj class 1 verb]

√sañj -> sakta (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sañj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sañj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sañj class 1 verb]
harmyeṣvi -
harmya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

harmya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
paṅkajāni -
paṅkaja (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]