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 4.35

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चूतशाखां कुसुमितां प्रगृह्यान्या ललम्बिरे ।
सुवर्णकलशप्रख्यान् दर्शयन्त्यः पयोधरान् ॥ ३५ ॥

cūtaśākhāṃ kusumitāṃ pragṛhyānyā lalambire |
suvarṇakalaśaprakhyān darśayantyaḥ payodharān || 35 ||

Others leaned, holding a mango-bough in full flower, displaying their bosoms like golden jars.
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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 (4.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cuta, Shakha, Kusumita, Pragrihya, Suvarnakalasha, Prakhya, Prakhyas, Darshayanti, Payodhara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.35). 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: “cūtaśākhāṃ kusumitāṃ pragṛhyānyā lalambire ”
cūta -
cūta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śākhām -
śākhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kusumitām -
kusumitā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
pragṛhyān -
pragṛhya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
yā* -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
lalambire -
√lamb (verb class 1)

[perfect middle third plural]
Line 2: “suvarṇakalaśaprakhyān darśayantyaḥ payodharān ”
suvarṇakalaśa -
suvarṇakalaśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

suvarṇakalaśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prakhyān -
prakhya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

prakhyas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
darśayantyaḥ -
√dṛś -> darśayantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √dṛś], [vocative plural from √dṛś]
payodharān -
payodhara (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]