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 13.19

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वराहमीनाश्वखरोष्ट्रवक्त्रा व्याघ्रर्क्षसिंहद्विरदाननाश्च ।
एकेक्षणा नैकमुखास्त्रिशीर्षा लम्बोदराश्चैव पृषोदराश्च ॥ १९ ॥

varāhamīnāśvakharoṣṭravaktrā vyāghrarkṣasiṃhadviradānanāśca |
ekekṣaṇā naikamukhāstriśīrṣā lambodarāścaiva pṛṣodarāśca || 19 ||

Having the faces of boars, fishes, horses, asses, and camels, of tigers, bears, lions, and elephants,—one-eyed, many-faced, three-headed,—with protuberant bellies and speckled bellies;
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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 (13.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varaha, Ashva, Kharoshtra, Vaktra, Vyaghra, Vyaghri, Riksha, Simha, Dvirada, Ana, Ekekshana, Naikamukha, Trishirsha, Lambodara, Prishodara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.19). 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: “varāhamīnāśvakharoṣṭravaktrā vyāghrarkṣasiṃhadviradānanāśca ”
varāham -
varāha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

varāhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
īn -
i (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

āśva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kharoṣṭra -
kharoṣṭra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaktrā* -
vaktra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vaktrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vyāghrar -
vyāghra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vyāghṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vyāghṛ (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

vyāghrā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛkṣa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
dviradān -
dvirada (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
anāś -
ana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “ekekṣaṇā naikamukhāstriśīrṣā lambodarāścaiva pṛṣodarāśca ”
ekekṣaṇā* -
ekekṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
naikamukhās -
naikamukha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

naikamukhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
triśīrṣā* -
triśīrṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

triśīrṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
lambodarāś -
lambodara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
pṛṣodarāś -
pṛṣodara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pṛṣodarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]