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 7.56

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पुष्टाश्वघोणं विपुलायताक्षं ताम्राधरोष्ठं सिततीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रम् ।
इदं हि वक्त्रं तनुरक्तजिह्वं ज्ञेयार्णवं पास्यति कृत्स्नमेव ॥ ५६ ॥

puṣṭāśvaghoṇaṃ vipulāyatākṣaṃ tāmrādharoṣṭhaṃ sitatīkṣṇadaṃṣṭram |
idaṃ hi vaktraṃ tanuraktajihvaṃ jñeyārṇavaṃ pāsyati kṛtsnameva || 56 ||

'With the nose of a well-fed horse, large long eyes, a red lower lip, white sharp teeth, and a thin red tongue,—this face of thine will drink tip the entire ocean of what is to be known.
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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 (7.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pushta, Ashva, Ghona, Vipulayataksha, Tamradharoshtha, Sita, Tikshnadamshtra, Idam, Vaktra, Tanu, Tanus, Akta, Jihva, Jneyarnava, Pasyat, Kritsna, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 7.56). 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: “puṣṭāśvaghoṇaṃ vipulāyatākṣaṃ tāmrādharoṣṭhaṃ sitatīkṣṇadaṃṣṭram ”
puṣṭā -
puṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

puṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

puṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√puṣ -> puṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √puṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √puṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √puṣ class 9 verb]

√puṣ -> puṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √puṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √puṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √puṣ class 9 verb]

√puṣ -> puṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √puṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √puṣ class 4 verb], [nominative single from √puṣ class 9 verb]

√puṣ -> puṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √puṣ class 4 verb]

√puṣ -> puṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √puṣ class 4 verb]

√puṣ -> puṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √puṣ class 4 verb]

√puch -> puṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √puch class 1 verb]

√puch -> puṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √puch class 1 verb]

√puch -> puṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √puch class 1 verb]
aśva -
aśva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghoṇam -
ghoṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ghoṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ghoṇa (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

vipulāyatākṣa (noun, neuter)

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

vipulāyatākṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tāmrādharoṣṭham -
tāmrādharoṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tāmrādharoṣṭha (noun, neuter)

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

tāmrādharoṣṭhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sita -
sita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sā -> sita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sā class 4 verb]

√sā -> sita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sā class 4 verb]

√si -> sita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]

√si -> sita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]
tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭram -
tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭra (noun, neuter)

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

tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “idaṃ hi vaktraṃ tanuraktajihvaṃ jñeyārṇavaṃ pāsyati kṛtsnameva ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vaktram -
vaktra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaktra (noun, neuter)

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

vaktrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tanur -
tanus (noun, feminine)

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

tanus (noun, neuter)

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

tanu (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

akta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jihvam -
jihva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jihva (noun, neuter)

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

jihvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jñeyārṇavam -
jñeyārṇava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
pāsyati -
√pā -> pāsyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √pā class 1 verb], [locative single from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pāsyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √pā class 1 verb], [locative single from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pāsyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pāsyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pāsyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √pā class 3 verb]

√pā -> pāsyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √pā class 3 verb]

√pā (verb class 1)

[future active third single]

√pā (verb class 2)

[future active third single]

√pā (verb class 2)

[future active third single]

√pā (verb class 3)

[future active third single]
kṛtsnam -
kṛtsna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṛtsna (noun, neuter)

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

kṛtsnā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]