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 6.59

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मुक्त्वा त्वलङ्कारकलत्रवत्तां श्रीविप्रवासं शिरसश्च कृत्वा ।
दृष्ट्वांशुकं काञ्चनहंसचित्रम् वन्यं स धीरो ऽभिचकाङ्क्ष वासः ॥ ५९ ॥

muktvā tvalaṅkārakalatravattāṃ śrīvipravāsaṃ śirasaśca kṛtvā |
dṛṣṭvāṃśukaṃ kāñcanahaṃsacitram vanyaṃ sa dhīro 'bhicakāṅkṣa vāsaḥ || 59 ||

Having thus divorced his ornaments and banished all royal magnificence from his head, and seeing his muslin floating away like a golden goose, the stedfast prince desired a sylvan dress.
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 (6.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Muktva, Tva, Alankaraka, Tri, Tra, Avatta, Shri, Vipravasa, Shiras, Kritva, Kritvan, Amshuka, Kancana, Hamsa, Citram, Citra, Vanya, Dhira, Abhi, Vasas, Vasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.59). 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: “muktvā tvalaṅkārakalatravattāṃ śrīvipravāsaṃ śirasaśca kṛtvā ”
muktvā -
muktvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√muc -> muktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √muc]

√muc -> muktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √muc]

√muj -> muktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √muj]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

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

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

[compound], [vocative single]
tra -
tṛ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

tra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
avattām -
avattā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vipravāsam -
vipravāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
śirasaś -
śiras (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṛtvā -
kṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

kṛtvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dṛṣṭvāṃśukaṃ kāñcanahaṃsacitram vanyaṃ sa dhīro 'bhicakāṅkṣa vāsaḥ ”
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
aṃśukam -
aṃśuka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kāñcana -
kāñcana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāñcana (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
citram -
citram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

citra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citra (noun, neuter)

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

citrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vanyam -
vanya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vanya (noun, neuter)

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

vanyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhīro' -
dhīra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
abhi -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

abhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

abhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

abhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cakāṅkṣa -
√kāṅkṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
vāsaḥ -
vāsas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]