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The Buddha-Carita or The Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa

A Sanskrit and English line by line (interlinear) version of one of the most important and influential biographies of the Buddha (together with extensive annotation).

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<strong>Buddha</strong>-carita, <strong>or</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buddha</strong> - 167<br />

sasmāra māraśca tataḥ svasainya vidhvasana śākyamuneścikīrṣan |<br />

nānāśrayāścānucarāḥ parīyuḥ śaradrumaprāsagadāsihastāḥ || 13.18<br />

18. <strong>The</strong>n Māra called to mind his own army, wishing to w<strong>or</strong>k the overthrow <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Śākya saint; and his followers swarmed round, wearing different f<strong>or</strong>ms and carrying<br />

arrows, trees, darts, clubs, and sw<strong>or</strong>ds in their hands;<br />

varāhamīnāśvakharoṣṭravaktrā vyāghrarkṣasihadviradānanāśca |<br />

ekekṣaṇā naikamukhāstriśīrṣā labodarāścaiva pṣodarāśca || 13.19<br />

19. Having the faces <strong>of</strong> boars, fishes, h<strong>or</strong>ses, asses, and camels, <strong>of</strong> tigers, bears, lions,<br />

and elephants, — one-eyed, many-faced, three-headed, — with protuberant bellies and<br />

speckled bellies;<br />

ajāsu saktā ghaṭajānavaśca daṣṭrāyudhāścaiva nakhāyudhāśca |<br />

kabadhahastā bahumūrtayaśca bhagnārdhavaktrāśca mahāmukhāśca || 13.20<br />

20. Blended with goats, with knees swollen like pots, armed with tusks and with claws,<br />

carrying headless trunks in their hands, and assuming many f<strong>or</strong>ms, with halfmutilated<br />

faces, and with monstrous mouths;<br />

tāmrāruṇā lohitaviducitrāḥ khaṭvāgahastā haridhūmrakeśāḥ |<br />

labasrajo vāraṇalabakarṇāścarmābarāścaiva nirabarāśca || 13.21<br />

21. Copper-red, covered with red spots, bearing clubs in their hands, with yellow <strong>or</strong><br />

smoke-coloured hair, with wreaths dangling down, with long pendulous ears like<br />

elephants, clothed in leather <strong>or</strong> wearing no clothes at all;<br />

śvetārdhavaktrā haritārdhakāyāstāmrāśca dhūmrā harayo ’sitāśca |<br />

vyāḍottarāsagabhujāstathaiva praghuṣṭaghaṭākulamekhalāśca || 13.22<br />

22. Having half their faces white <strong>or</strong> half their bodies green, — red and smokecoloured,<br />

yellow and black, — with arms reaching out longer than a serpent, and with<br />

girdles jingling with rattling bells.<br />

tālapramāṇāśca ghītaśūlā daṣṭrākarālāśca śiśupramāṇāḥ |<br />

urabhravaktrāśca vihagamāśca mārjāravaktrāśca manuṣyakāyāḥ || 13.23<br />

23. Some were as tall as palm-trees, carrying spears, — others were <strong>of</strong> the size <strong>of</strong><br />

children with projecting teeth, others birds with the faces <strong>of</strong> rams, others with men’s<br />

bodies and cats’ faces;<br />

prakīrṇakeśāḥ śikhino ’rdhamuḍā rajjvabarā vyākulaveṣṭanāśca |<br />

prahṣṭavaktrā bhkuṭīmukhāśca tejoharāścaiva manoharāśca || 13.24<br />

24. With dishevelled hair, <strong>or</strong> with topknots, <strong>or</strong> half-bald, with rope-garments <strong>or</strong> with<br />

head-dress all in confusion, — with triumphant faces <strong>or</strong> frowning faces, — wasting<br />

the strength <strong>or</strong> fascinating the mind.

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