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 10.6

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तं जिह्रियुः प्रेक्ष्य विचित्रवेषाः प्रकीर्णवाचः पथि मौनमीयुः ।
धर्मस्य साक्षादिव संनिकर्षान्न कश्चिदन्यायमतिर्बभूव ॥ ६ ॥

taṃ jihriyuḥ prekṣya vicitraveṣāḥ prakīrṇavācaḥ pathi maunamīyuḥ |
dharmasya sākṣādiva saṃnikarṣānna kaścidanyāyamatirbabhūva || 6 ||

Those who were wearing gay-coloured dresses were ashamed when they saw him, those who were talking on random subjects fell to silence on the road; no one indulged in an improper thought, as at the presence of Religion herself embodied.
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 (10.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prekshya, Vicitra, Vesha, Prakirnavac, Pathin, Pathi, Mauna, Dharma, Sakshat, Saksha, Iva, Samnikarsha, Kah, Cit, Anyayamati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.6). 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: “taṃ jihriyuḥ prekṣya vicitraveṣāḥ prakīrṇavācaḥ pathi maunamīyuḥ ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

ji (noun, neuter)

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

ji (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

jī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
hri -
hrī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yuḥ -
yu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

prekṣya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vicitra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
veṣāḥ -
veṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

veṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
prakīrṇavācaḥ -
prakīrṇavāc (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

prakīrṇavāc (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
pathi -
pathin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [locative single]

pathī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pathī (noun, feminine)

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

pathī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
maunam -
mauna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mauna (noun, neuter)

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

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
iyuḥ -
√i (verb class 2)

[optative active third plural], [perfect active third plural]
Line 2: “dharmasya sākṣādiva saṃnikarṣānna kaścidanyāyamatirbabhūva ”
dharmasya -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
sākṣād -
sākṣāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sākṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

sākṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
saṃnikarṣānn -
saṃnikarṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
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]
anyāyamatir -
anyāyamati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

anyāyamati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

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