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 4.12

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भावज्ञानेन हावेन चातुर्याद्रूपसम्पदा ।
स्त्रीणामेव च शक्ताः स्थ संरागे किं पुनर्नृणाम् ॥ १२ ॥

bhāvajñānena hāvena cāturyādrūpasampadā |
strīṇāmeva ca śaktāḥ stha saṃrāge kiṃ punarnṛṇām || 12 ||

'By your skill in expressing the heart's feelings, by your coquetry, your grace, and your perfect beauty, ye are able to enrapture even women, how much more easily men.
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 (4.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhavajna, Hava, Caturya, Rupasampad, Stri, Eva, Shakta, Stha, Samraga, Kim, Punar, Nri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.12). 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: “bhāvajñānena hāvena cāturyādrūpasampadā ”
bhāvajñān -
bhāvajña (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ena -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
hāvena -
hāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
cāturyād -
cāturya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
rūpasampadā -
rūpasampad (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “strīṇāmeva ca śaktāḥ stha saṃrāge kiṃ punarnṛṇām ”
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaktāḥ -
śakta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śaktā (noun, feminine)

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

√śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śac class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śaktā (participle, feminine)

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

√śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak -> śaktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √śak class 5 verb]
stha -
stha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

stha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second plural]
saṃrāge -
saṃrāga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
punar -
punar (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

punar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nṛṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]