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 4.76

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कालीम् चैव पुरा कन्यां जलप्रभवसम्भवाम् ।
जगाम यमुनातीरे जातरागः पराशरः ॥ ७६ ॥

kālīm caiva purā kanyāṃ jalaprabhavasambhavām |
jagāma yamunātīre jātarāgaḥ parāśaraḥ || 76 ||

'So too in old time Parashara, overpowered by passion on the bank of the Yamuna, lay with the maiden Kali who was the daughter of the son of the Water (Agni).
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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 (4.76). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kali, Pura, Pur, Kani, Kanya, Jalaprabha, Vasa, Bhava, Yamuna, Ira, Jataraga, Parashara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.76). 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: “kālīm caiva purā kanyāṃ jalaprabhavasambhavām ”
kālīm -
kālī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
purā -
purā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pur (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

purā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kanyām -
kanī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

kanyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
jalaprabha -
jalaprabha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jalaprabha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vasam -
vasa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vasā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavām -
bhavā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “jagāma yamunātīre jātarāgaḥ parāśaraḥ ”
jagāma -
√gā (verb class 3)

[imperative active first plural]

√gam (verb class 1)

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

√gam (verb class 2)

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

√gam (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
yamunāt -
yamuna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

yamuna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
īre -
īra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

īra (noun, neuter)

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

īrā (noun, feminine)

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

√īr (verb class 2)

[present middle first single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
jātarāgaḥ -
jātarāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
parāśaraḥ -
parāśara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]