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 13.38

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केचित्समुद्यम्य शिलास्तरूंश्च विषेहिरे नैव मुनौ विमोक्तुम् ।
पेतुः सवृक्षाः सशिलास्तथैव वज्रावभग्ना इव विन्ध्यपादाः ॥ ३८ ॥

kecitsamudyamya śilāstarūṃśca viṣehire naiva munau vimoktum |
petuḥ savṛkṣāḥ saśilāstathaiva vajrāvabhagnā iva vindhyapādāḥ || 38 ||

Some, having lifted up stones and trees, found themselves unable to throw them against the sage; down they fell, with their trees and their stones, like the roots of the Vindhya shattered by the thunderbolt.
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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 (13.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Cit, Samudyamya, Shila, Taru, Visha, Vish, Naiva, Muni, Riksha, Sashi, Las, Tatha, Vajra, Abhagna, Iva, Vindhyapa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.38). 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: “kecitsamudyamya śilāstarūṃśca viṣehire naiva munau vimoktum ”
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cit -
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]
samudyamya -
samudyamya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

samudyamya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śilās -
śila (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śilā (noun, feminine)

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

[accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viṣe -
viṣā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

viṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

viṣ (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

viṣ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

viṣ (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

viṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
īhire -
√īh (verb class 1)

[perfect middle third plural]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
munau -
muni (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vi -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vi (noun, neuter)

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

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
moktum -
√muc -> moktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √muc]
Line 2: “petuḥ savṛkṣāḥ saśilāstathaiva vajrāvabhagnā iva vindhyapādāḥ ”
petuḥ -
√pat (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√pat (verb class 4)

[perfect active third plural]
savṛ -
so (noun, feminine)

[compound]
ṛkṣāḥ -
ṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ṛkṣā (noun, feminine)

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

[adverb], [vocative single]

saśī (noun, feminine)

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

saśī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
lās -
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]
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]
vajrāva -
vajra (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
abhagnā* -
abhagna (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

abhagnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vindhyapād -
vindhyapa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vindhyapa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
āḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ā (noun, feminine)

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

o (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]