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 13.41

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कश्चिज्ज्वलन्नर्क इवोदितः खादङ्गारवर्षं महदुत्ससर्ज ।
चूर्नानि चामीकरकन्दराणां कल्पात्यये मेरुरिव प्रदीप्तः ॥ ४१ ॥

kaścijjvalannarka ivoditaḥ khādaṅgāravarṣaṃ mahadutsasarja |
cūrnāni cāmīkarakandarāṇāṃ kalpātyaye meruriva pradīptaḥ || 41 ||

One, rising up like the sun in full splendour, rained down from the sky a great shower of live embers, as at the end of an aeon blazing Meru showers down the pulverised scoriae of the golden valleys.
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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 (13.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iva, Udita, Kha, Angaravarsha, Mahat, Utsa, Sarja, Camikara, Kandara, Kalpatyaya, Meru, Pradipta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.41). 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: “kaścijjvalannarka ivoditaḥ khādaṅgāravarṣaṃ mahadutsasarja ”
Cannot analyse kaścijjvalannarka*iv
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
uditaḥ -
udita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vad -> udita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vad class 1 verb]
khād -
kha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
aṅgāravarṣam -
aṅgāravarṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
mahad -
atimahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
utsa -
utsa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

√sarj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “cūrnāni cāmīkarakandarāṇāṃ kalpātyaye meruriva pradīptaḥ ”
Cannot analyse cūrnāni*cā
cāmīkara -
cāmīkara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cāmīkara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kandarāṇām -
kandara (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

kandarā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
kalpātyaye -
kalpātyaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
merur -
meru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

meru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pradīptaḥ -
pradīpta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]