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 12.23

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अज्ञानं कर्म तृष्णा च ज्ञेयाः संसारहेतवः ।
स्थितो ऽस्मिंस्त्रितये यस्तु तत्सत्त्वं नाभिवर्तते ॥ २३ ॥

ajñānaṃ karma tṛṣṇā ca jñeyāḥ saṃsārahetavaḥ |
sthito 'smiṃstritaye yastu tatsattvaṃ nābhivartate || 23 ||

'Ignorance, the merit or demerit of former actions, and desire are to be known as the causes of mundane existence; he who abides in the midst of this triad does not attain to the truth of things,—
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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 (12.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ajnana, Karman, Trishna, Jneya, Samsarahetu, Sthita, Idam, Tritaya, Yah, Tatsad, Tva, Yushmad, Nabh, Nabhi, Vartat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.23). 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: “ajñānaṃ karma tṛṣṇā ca jñeyāḥ saṃsārahetavaḥ ”
ajñānam -
ajñāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ajñāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

ajñānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
karma -
karman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tṛṣṇā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jñeyāḥ -
jñeya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jñeyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā -> jñeyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √jñā class 9 verb]
saṃsārahetavaḥ -
saṃsārahetu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

saṃsārahetu (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “sthito 'smiṃstritaye yastu tatsattvaṃ nābhivartate ”
sthito' -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
asmiṃs -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
tritaye -
tritaya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
yas -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tatsat -
tatsad (noun, masculine)

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

tatsad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
nābhi -
nābhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nābhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nābhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

nābhī (noun, feminine)

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

nābhī (noun, neuter)

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

nābh (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
vartate -
√vṛt -> vartat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt -> vartat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]