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 8.22

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अरक्तताम्रैश्चरणैरनूपुरैरकुण्डलैरार्जवकर्णिकैर्मुखैः ।
स्वभावपीनैर्जघनैरमेखलैरहारयोक्त्रैर्मुषितैरिव स्तनैः ॥ २२ ॥

araktatāmraiścaraṇairanūpurairakuṇḍalairārjavakarṇikairmukhaiḥ |
svabhāvapīnairjaghanairamekhalairahārayoktrairmuṣitairiva stanaiḥ || 22 ||

With their feet unstained by red, and undecked by anklets,—their faces without earrings, and their ears in their native simplicity,—their loins with only nature's fulness, and uncircled by any girdle,—and their bosoms bare of strings of pearls as if they had been robbed.
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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 (8.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Araktatamra, Carana, Anu, Pura, Akundala, Arjavaka, Rinika, Mukha, Svabhava, Pina, Jaghana, Ama, Khala, Aha, Ara, Uksh, Tra, Mushita, Iva, Stana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.22). 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: “araktatāmraiścaraṇairanūpurairakuṇḍalairārjavakarṇikairmukhaiḥ ”
araktatāmraiś -
araktatāmra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

araktatāmra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
caraṇair -
caraṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

caraṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
anū -
anu (noun, masculine)

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

anu (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
purair -
pura (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

pura (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
akuṇḍalair -
akuṇḍala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

akuṇḍala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ārjavakar -
ārjavaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ārjavaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ārjavakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ṛṇikair -
ṛṇika (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
mukhaiḥ -
mukha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

mukha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “svabhāvapīnairjaghanairamekhalairahārayoktrairmuṣitairiva stanaiḥ ”
svabhāva -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pīnair -
pīna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

pīna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√pi -> pīna (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √pi class 6 verb]

√pi -> pīna (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √pi class 6 verb]
jaghanair -
jaghana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ame -
ama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ama (noun, neuter)

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

amā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
khalair -
khala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ahā -
aha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
arayo -
arā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
uk -
ukṣ (noun, masculine)

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

ukṣ (noun, neuter)

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

[instrumental plural]

tra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
muṣitair -
muṣita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

muṣita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√muṣ -> muṣita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √muṣ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √muṣ class 6 verb], [instrumental plural from √muṣ class 9 verb]

√muṣ -> muṣita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √muṣ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √muṣ class 6 verb], [instrumental plural from √muṣ class 9 verb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
stanaiḥ -
stana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]