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 13.30

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महीभृतो धर्मपराश्च नागा महामुनेर्विघ्नममृष्यमाणाः ।
मारं प्रति क्रोधविवृत्तनेत्रा निःशश्वसुश्चैव जजृम्भिरे च ॥ ३० ॥

mahībhṛto dharmaparāśca nāgā mahāmunervighnamamṛṣyamāṇāḥ |
māraṃ prati krodhavivṛttanetrā niḥśaśvasuścaiva jajṛmbhire ca || 30 ||

The mountain deities and the Nagas who honoured the Law, indignant at the attack on the saint, rolling their eyes in anger against Mara, heaved deep sighs and opened their mouths wide.
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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 (13.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahibhrit, Mahibhrita, Dharmapara, Naga, Mahamuni, Vighna, Amrishyamana, Mara, Prati, Krodha, Krodhan, Vivritta, Netra, Nih,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.30). 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: “mahībhṛto dharmaparāśca nāgā mahāmunervighnamamṛṣyamāṇāḥ ”
mahībhṛto* -
mahībhṛt (noun, masculine)

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

mahībhṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dharmaparāś -
dharmapara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dharmaparā (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]
nāgā* -
nāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nāgā (noun, feminine)

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

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vighnam -
vighna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
amṛṣyamāṇāḥ -
amṛṣyamāṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

amṛṣyamāṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “māraṃ prati krodhavivṛttanetrā niḥśaśvasuścaiva jajṛmbhire ca ”
māram -
māra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māra (noun, neuter)

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

mārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

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

pratī (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

krodha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

krodhan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

krodhan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vivṛtta -
vivṛtta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vivṛtta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
netrā* -
netra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
niḥ -
niḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

niḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nis (Preverb)

[Preverb]
śaśvasuś -
√śvas (verb class 2)

[perfect active third 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]
jajṛmbhire -
√jṛmbh (verb class 1)

[perfect middle third plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]