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 13.73

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तथापि पापीयसि निर्जिते गते दिशः प्रसेदुः प्रबभौ निशाकरः ।
दिवो निपेतुर्भुवि पुष्पवृष्टयो रराज योषेव विकल्मषा निशा ॥ ७३ ॥

tathāpi pāpīyasi nirjite gate diśaḥ praseduḥ prababhau niśākaraḥ |
divo nipeturbhuvi puṣpavṛṣṭayo rarāja yoṣeva vikalmaṣā niśā || 73 ||

When the wicked one thus fled vanquished, the different regions of the sky grew clear, the moon shone forth, showers of flowers fell down from the sky upon the earth, and the night gleamed out like a spotless maiden.
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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 (13.73). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Api, Papiyas, Nirjita, Nirjiti, Gat, Gata, Gati, Dishas, Dish, Disha, Pra, Nishakara, Div, Nipa, Bhu, Pushpavrishti, Yosha, Iva, Vikalmasha, Nish, Nisha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.73). 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: “tathāpi pāpīyasi nirjite gate diśaḥ praseduḥ prababhau niśākaraḥ ”
tathā -
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]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
pāpīyasi -
pāpīyas (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pāpīyas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
nirjite -
nirjita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nirjita (noun, neuter)

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

nirjitā (noun, feminine)

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

nirjiti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
gate -
gat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gata (noun, neuter)

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

gatā (noun, feminine)

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

gati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

gati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
diśaḥ -
diśas (noun, feminine)

[compound], [vocative single]

diś (noun, feminine)

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

diśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prased -
√pras (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
uḥ -
u (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
babhau -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
niśākaraḥ -
niśākara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “divo nipeturbhuvi puṣpavṛṣṭayo rarāja yoṣeva vikalmaṣā niśā ”
divo* -
div (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
nipe -
nipa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nipa (noun, neuter)

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

nipā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

tur (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb]
bhuvi -
bhū (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhū (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
puṣpavṛṣṭayo* -
puṣpavṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
rarāja -
√rāj (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√raj (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√raj (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
yoṣe -
yoṣā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vikalmaṣā* -
vikalmaṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vikalmaṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
niśā -
niś (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

niśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]