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 4.32

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काचिदाज्ञापयन्तीव प्रोवाचार्द्रानुलेपना ।
इह भक्तिं कुरुष्वेति हस्तं संश्लिष्य लिप्सया ॥ ३२ ॥

kācidājñāpayantīva provācārdrānulepanā |
iha bhaktiṃ kuruṣveti hastaṃ saṃśliṣya lipsayā || 32 ||

Another, all wet with unguents, as if giving him her command, clasped his hand eagerly and said, 'Perform thy rites of adoration here.'
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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 (4.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acit, Ajna, Apayat, Apayanti, Iva, Pra, Ardranulepana, Iha, Bhakti, Kuru, Hasta, Samshlishya, Lipsa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.32). 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: “kācidājñāpayantīva provācārdrānulepanā ”
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
acid -
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]
ājñā -
ājñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āpayantī -
√āp -> āpayantī (participle, feminine)

[compound from √āp], [adverb from √āp]

√i -> āpayantī (participle, feminine)

[compound from √i], [adverb from √i]

√āp -> āpayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √āp], [nominative plural from √āp], [vocative dual from √āp], [vocative plural from √āp], [accusative dual from √āp], [accusative plural from √āp]

√āp -> āpayantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √āp], [vocative single from √āp]

√i -> āpayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √i], [nominative plural from √i], [vocative dual from √i], [vocative plural from √i], [accusative dual from √i], [accusative plural from √i]

√i -> āpayantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √i], [vocative single from √i]

√āp (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]

√i (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pro -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
uvācā -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
ārdrānulepanā -
ārdrānulepanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “iha bhaktiṃ kuruṣveti hastaṃ saṃśliṣya lipsayā ”
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhaktim -
bhakti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kuruṣve -
kuru (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

kuru (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
hastam -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hasta (noun, neuter)

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

hastā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
saṃśliṣya -
saṃśliṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṃśliṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lipsayā -
lipsā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]