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 5.5

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हलभिन्नविकीर्णशष्पदर्भां हतसूक्ष्मक्रिमिकाण्डजन्तुकीर्णाम् ।
समवेक्ष्य रसां तथाविधां तां स्वजनस्येव बधे भृशं शुशोच ॥ ५ ॥

halabhinnavikīrṇaśaṣpadarbhāṃ hatasūkṣmakrimikāṇḍajantukīrṇām |
samavekṣya rasāṃ tathāvidhāṃ tāṃ svajanasyeva badhe bhṛśaṃ śuśoca || 5 ||

Having beheld the ground in this condition, with its young grass scattered and torn by the plough, and covered with the eggs and young of little insects which were killed, he was filled with deep sorrow as for the slaughter of his own kindred.
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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 (5.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hala, Bhinna, Vikirna, Shashpa, Darbha, Hata, Sukshma, Krimi, Kanda, Kirna, Sama, Vekshya, Rasa, Tathavidha, Svajana, Iva, Badha, Bhrisham, Bhrisha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.5). 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: “halabhinnavikīrṇaśaṣpadarbhāṃ hatasūkṣmakrimikāṇḍajantukīrṇām ”
hala -
hala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√hal (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhinna -
bhinna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhinna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vikīrṇa -
vikīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vikīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaṣpa -
śaṣpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
darbhām -
darbhā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

hata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√han -> hata (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √han class 1 verb], [vocative single from √han class 2 verb]

√han -> hata (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √han class 1 verb], [vocative single from √han class 2 verb]

√han (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
sūkṣma -
sūkṣma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sūkṣma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
krimi -
krimi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

krimi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

krimi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kāṇḍa -
kāṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jantu -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

√jan (verb class 2)

[imperative active third single]
kīrṇām -
kīrṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√kṝ -> kīrṇā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
Line 2: “samavekṣya rasāṃ tathāvidhāṃ tāṃ svajanasyeva badhe bhṛśaṃ śuśoca ”
sama -
sama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vekṣya -
√vekṣ -> vekṣya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vekṣ]

√vekṣ -> vekṣya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vekṣ class 10 verb]

√vekṣ -> vekṣya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vekṣ class 10 verb]
rasām -
rasā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tathāvidhām -
tathāvidhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
svajanasye -
svajana (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
badhe -
badha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

badha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
bhṛśam -
bhṛśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

bhṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śuśoca -
√śuc (verb class 1)

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

√śuc (verb class 4)

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

√śuc (verb class 4)

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