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 9.16

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मेघाम्बुकक्षाद्रिषु या हि वृत्तिः समीरणार्काग्निमहाशनीनाम् ।
तां वृत्तिमस्मासु करोति शोको विकर्षणोच्छोषणदाहभेदैः ॥ १६ ॥

meghāmbukakṣādriṣu yā hi vṛttiḥ samīraṇārkāgnimahāśanīnām |
tāṃ vṛttimasmāsu karoti śoko vikarṣaṇocchoṣaṇadāhabhedaiḥ || 16 ||

'"That effect which is wrought in the clouds, water, the dry grass, and the mountains by the wind, the sun, the fire, and the thunderbolt,—that same effect this grief produces in us by its tearing in pieces, its drying up, its burning, and its cleaving.
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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 (9.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Megha, Buka, Ksha, Vritti, Samirana, Arka, Han, Ashani, Asmad, Karoti, Shoka, Vikarshana, Ucchoshana, Daha, Bheda,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.16). 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: “meghāmbukakṣādriṣu yā hi vṛttiḥ samīraṇārkāgnimahāśanīnām ”
meghām -
meghā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
buka -
buka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣād -
kṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ri -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

rī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
iṣu -
iṣu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

i (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
yā* -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable particle]
vṛttiḥ -
vṛtti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
samīraṇā -
samīraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

samīraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

samīraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arkā -
arka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

arka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
agnima -
agniman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
hā -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

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

hā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

han (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√hā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
aśanīnām -
aśani (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

aśani (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

aśanī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “tāṃ vṛttimasmāsu karoti śoko vikarṣaṇocchoṣaṇadāhabhedaiḥ ”
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vṛttim -
vṛtti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
asmāsu -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[locative plural]
karoti -
karoti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
śoko* -
śoka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vikarṣaṇo -
vikarṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vikarṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vikarṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ucchoṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
bhedaiḥ -
bheda (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]