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 13.21

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ताम्रारुणा लोहितविन्दुचित्राः खट्वाङ्गहस्ता हरिधूम्रकेशाः ।
लम्बस्रजो वारणलम्बकर्णाश्चर्माम्बराश्चैव निरम्बराश्च ॥ २१ ॥

tāmrāruṇā lohitavinducitrāḥ khaṭvāṅgahastā haridhūmrakeśāḥ |
lambasrajo vāraṇalambakarṇāścarmāmbarāścaiva nirambarāśca || 21 ||

Copper-red, covered with red spots, bearing clubs in their hands, with yellow or smoke-coloured hair, with wreaths dangling down, with long pendulous ears like elephants, clothed in leather or wearing no clothes at all;
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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 (13.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tamraruna, Lohita, Vindu, Citra, Khatvangahasta, Haridhumra, Kesha, Lambasraj, Varana, Lambakarna, Carmambara, Nirambara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.21). 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: “tāmrāruṇā lohitavinducitrāḥ khaṭvāṅgahastā haridhūmrakeśāḥ ”
tāmrāruṇā* -
tāmrāruṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tāmrāruṇā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

lohita (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

vindu (noun, neuter)

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

vindu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
citrāḥ -
citra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

citrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
khaṭvāṅgahastā* -
khaṭvāṅgahasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

khaṭvāṅgahastā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

haridhūmra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
keśāḥ -
keśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

keśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “lambasrajo vāraṇalambakarṇāścarmāmbarāścaiva nirambarāśca ”
lambasrajo* -
lambasraj (noun, masculine)

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

lambasraj (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vāraṇa -
vāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lambakarṇāś -
lambakarṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

lambakarṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
carmāmbarāś -
carmāmbara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

carmāmbarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative 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]
nirambarāś -
nirambara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nirambarā (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]