The Sanskrit Text of Buddha-carita Aśvaghoṣa - buddhanet-de-index

Introduction to the Text - 7Indravajrā IIII 1 109Sālā IIUI 54Bālā IIIU 48Kīrti UIII 43Vāṇī IUII 41Mālā UUII 29Māyā IUUI 22Haṁsī UIUI 21Ārdrā UIIU 20Bhadrā IUIU 15Rāmā IIUU 15Chāyā UUUI 13UIUU 13Buddhi IUUU 11Premā UUIU 10Upendravajrā UUUU 10It is quite remarkable how the Indravajrā lines dominate in the Upajāti verses, withthe Indravajrā lines far in excess of any other, and the verses containing 3Indravajrā lines coming next. The Upendravajrā are significantly least inoccurrence.The breaks, which vary widely in the earlier stages of Indian prosody are herealways found to be −⏑⏑, and similarly there is no significance attached to thecaesura, which may occur anywhere in the line.We can see from the sandhi that the pāda-s in the Upajāti lines were taken togetherfor pronounciation, which therefore differs from the early Pāḷi verses, where thepāda is the normal unit for purposes of pronunciation. 2Most of Chapters I, II, III, VII, IX, X, XI, and XIII are written in this metre.1 In the schemes given here I = Indravjrā lines, U = Upendravajrā lines. When there are 4Indravajrā lines in a verse, the whole verse is known by that name (similarly withUpendravajrā, of course).2 Similarly we may note that the syntax of the verses, which in the Pāḷi period was thepādayuga, is here the verse itself, sometimes extending to a group of verses.