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 13.22

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श्वेतार्धवक्त्रा हरितार्धकायास्ताम्राश्च धूम्रा हरयो ऽसिताश्च ।
व्याडोत्तरासङ्गभुजास्तथैव प्रघुष्टघण्टाकुलमेखलाश्च ॥ २२ ॥

śvetārdhavaktrā haritārdhakāyāstāmrāśca dhūmrā harayo 'sitāśca |
vyāḍottarāsaṅgabhujāstathaiva praghuṣṭaghaṇṭākulamekhalāśca || 22 ||

Having half their faces white or half their bodies green,—red and smoke-coloured, yellow and black,—with arms reaching out longer than a serpent, and with girdles jingling with rattling bells.
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 (13.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shvetardhavaktra, Haritardhakaya, Tamra, Dhumra, Hari, Haraya, Asita, Vyada, Uttarasanga, Bhuja, Tatha, Praghushta, Ghanta, Akula, Las,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.22). 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: “śvetārdhavaktrā haritārdhakāyāstāmrāśca dhūmrā harayo 'sitāśca ”
śvetārdhavaktrā* -
śvetārdhavaktra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śvetārdhavaktrā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

haritārdhakāyā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tāmrā (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]
dhūmrā* -
dhūmra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dhūmrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
harayo' -
hari (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

hari (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

haraya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asitāś -
asita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asitā (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]
Line 2: “vyāḍottarāsaṅgabhujāstathaiva praghuṣṭaghaṇṭākulamekhalāśca ”
vyāḍo -
vyāḍa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vyāḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vyāḍā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
bhujās -
bhuja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhujā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

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

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

[compound], [vocative single]

praghuṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghaṇṭā -
ghaṇṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghaṇṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√ghaṇṭ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
akulam -
akula (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akula (noun, neuter)

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

akulā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ekha -
√ikh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
lāś -
la (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

lā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

las (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

lo (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]