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 7.51

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कश्चिद्द्विजस्तत्र तु भस्मशायी प्रांशुः शिखी दारवचीरवासाः ।
आपिङ्गलाक्षस्तनुदीर्घघोणः कुण्डोदहस्तो गिरमित्युवाच ॥ ५१ ॥

kaściddvijastatra tu bhasmaśāyī prāṃśuḥ śikhī dāravacīravāsāḥ |
āpiṅgalākṣastanudīrghaghoṇaḥ kuṇḍodahasto giramityuvāca || 51 ||

But a certain Brahman who was lying there in the ashes, tall and wearing his hair in a tuft, and clothed in the bark of trees, with reddish eyes and a thin long nose, and carrying a pot with water in his hand, thus lifted his voice:
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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 (7.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Cit, Dvija, Tatra, Bhasmashayin, Pramshu, Shikhi, Shikhin, Darava, Ciravasas, Ciravasa, Apingalaksha, Tanudirghaghona, Kundoda, Hasta, Gir, Gira, 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 7.51). 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: “kaściddvijastatra tu bhasmaśāyī prāṃśuḥ śikhī dāravacīravāsāḥ ”
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
bhasmaśāyī -
bhasmaśāyin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prāṃśuḥ -
prāṃśu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

prāṃśu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śikhī -
śikhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śikhi (noun, masculine)

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

śikhin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dārava -
dārava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dārava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cīravāsāḥ -
cīravāsas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

cīravāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “āpiṅgalākṣastanudīrghaghoṇaḥ kuṇḍodahasto giramityuvāca ”
āpiṅgalākṣas -
āpiṅgalākṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tanudīrghaghoṇaḥ -
tanudīrghaghoṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kuṇḍoda -
kuṇḍoda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
hasto* -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
giram -
gira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gira (noun, neuter)

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

girā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

gir (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

gir (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ityu -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

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

√vac (verb class 3)

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