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 4.39

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पीनवल्गुस्तनी काचिद्वाताघूर्णितकुण्डला ।
उच्चैरवजहासैनं समाप्नोतु भवानिति ॥ ३९ ॥

pīnavalgustanī kācidvātāghūrṇitakuṇḍalā |
uccairavajahāsainaṃ samāpnotu bhavāniti || 39 ||

Another, with beautiful full bosoms, and having her earrings waving in the wind, laughed loudly at him, as if saying, 'Catch me, sir, if you can!'
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 (4.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pina, Valgu, Acit, Vatri, Vata, Vat, Aghurnita, Kundala, Uccaih, Ucca, Ava, Aina, Sama, Bhava, Bhavant, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.39). 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: “pīnavalgustanī kācidvātāghūrṇitakuṇḍalā ”
pīna -
pīna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pīna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pi -> pīna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √pi class 6 verb]

√pi -> pīna (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √pi class 6 verb]
valgus -
valgu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

valgu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tanī -
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]
vātā -
vāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vātṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā -> vāta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vā class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √vā class 2 verb]

√vā -> vāta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vā class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √vā class 2 verb]

√vā -> vātā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vā class 2 verb]

√vā -> vāt (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √vā class 1 verb]

√vā -> vāt (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √vā class 1 verb]

√vā (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural], [periphrastic-future active third single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second plural], [periphrastic-future active third single]

√vai (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
āghūrṇita -
āghūrṇita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āghūrṇita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kuṇḍalā -
kuṇḍalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “uccairavajahāsainaṃ samāpnotu bhavāniti ”
uccair -
uccaiḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uccaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ucca (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ucca (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ava -
ava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[compound]

√av (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√u (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

ava (Preverb)

[Preverb]
jahāsai -
√has (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
ainam -
aina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
samā -
sama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpnotu -
√āp (verb class 5)

[imperative active third single]
bhavān -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]