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 5.43

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विगते दिवसे ततो विमानं वपुषा सूर्य इव प्रदीप्यमानः ।
तिमिरं विजिघांसुरात्मभासा रविरुद्यन्निव मेरुमारुरोह ॥ ४३ ॥

vigate divase tato vimānaṃ vapuṣā sūrya iva pradīpyamānaḥ |
timiraṃ vijighāṃsurātmabhāsā ravirudyanniva merumāruroha || 43 ||

When the day was gone, then, shining with his form like the sun, he ascended the palace, as the rising sun ascends Mount Meru, desiring to dispel the darkness by his own splendour.
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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 (5.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vigata, Vigati, Divasa, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vimana, Vapusha, Vapus, Suri, Surya, Iva, Pradipya, Ana, Timira, Vijighamsu, Bhasa, Ravi, Udyat, Meru, Aru, Oha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.43). 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: “vigate divase tato vimānaṃ vapuṣā sūrya iva pradīpyamānaḥ ”
vigate -
vigata (noun, neuter)

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

vigata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vigatā (noun, feminine)

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

vigati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

vigati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
divase -
divasa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
vimānam -
vimāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vimāna (noun, neuter)

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

vimānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vapuṣā -
vapuṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vapus (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vapus (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
sūrya* -
sūrī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sūrya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [nominative single from √sūr class 10 verb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pradīpyam -
pradīpya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pradīpya (noun, neuter)

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

pradīpyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ānaḥ -
āna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√an (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
Line 2: “timiraṃ vijighāṃsurātmabhāsā ravirudyanniva merumāruroha ”
timiram -
timira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

timira (noun, neuter)

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

timirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vijighāṃsur -
vijighāṃsu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vijighāṃsu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ātma -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
bhāsā* -
bhāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhāsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ravir -
ravi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
udyann -
udyat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
merum -
meru (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

meru (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ārur -
āru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

āru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ār (verb class 4)

[perfect active third plural]
oha -
oha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

oha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√uh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]