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 13.53

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मृगा गजाश्चार्त्तरवान् सृजन्तो विदुद्रुवुश्चैव निलिल्यिरे च ।
रात्रौ च तस्यामहनीव दिग्भ्यः खगा रुवन्तः परिपेतुरार्त्ताः ॥ ५३ ॥

mṛgā gajāścārttaravān sṛjanto vidudruvuścaiva nililyire ca |
rātrau ca tasyāmahanīva digbhyaḥ khagā ruvantaḥ paripeturārttāḥ || 53 ||

Deer and elephants uttering cries of pain ran about or lay down,—in that night as if it were day screaming birds flew around disturbed in all directions.
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 (13.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mriga, Gaja, Rava, Srijat, Ratrau, Ratra, Hani, Han, Iva, Dish, Khaga, Ruvat, Pari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.53). 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: “mṛgā gajāścārttaravān sṛjanto vidudruvuścaiva nililyire ca ”
mṛgā* -
mṛga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mṛgā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ārtta -
√ard (verb class 7)

[imperfect active second plural]
ravān -
rava (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
sṛjanto* -
√sṛj -> sṛjat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb]
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]

vi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
dudruvuś -
√dru (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√dru (verb class 5)

[perfect active third plural]

√drū (verb class 5)

[perfect active third plural]

√drū (verb class 9)

[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]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
lilyire -
√lī (verb class 1)

[perfect middle third plural]

√lī (verb class 4)

[perfect middle third plural]

√lī (verb class 9)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “rātrau ca tasyāmahanīva digbhyaḥ khagā ruvantaḥ paripeturārttāḥ ”
rātrau -
rātrau (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

rātra (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tasyāma -
√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active first plural]
hanī -
hani (noun, masculine)

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

hanī (noun, feminine)

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

han (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
digbhyaḥ -
diś (noun, feminine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
khagā* -
khaga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

khagā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ruvantaḥ -
√ru -> ruvat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √ru class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ru class 2 verb]
pari -
pari (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

pari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pari (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, neuter)

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

parī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

parī (noun, feminine)

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

parī (noun, neuter)

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

pari (Preverb)

[Preverb]
petur -
√pat (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√pat (verb class 4)

[perfect active third plural]
ārttā -
√ard (verb class 7)

[imperfect active second plural]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]