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 12.41

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यथावदेतद्विज्ञाय क्षेत्रज्ञो हि चतुष्टयम् ।
आर्जवं जवतां हित्वा प्राप्नोति पदमक्षरम् ॥ ४१ ॥

yathāvadetadvijñāya kṣetrajño hi catuṣṭayam |
ārjavaṃ javatāṃ hitvā prāpnoti padamakṣaram || 41 ||

'The soul, having once learned to distinguish these four properly, having abandoned all (ideas of) straightness or quickness, attains to the immortal sphere.
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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 (12.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yathavat, Etad, Vijna, Vijnaya, Kshetrajna, Catushtaya, Arjava, Javat, Hitva, Hitvan, Pra, Pada, Akshara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.41). 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: “yathāvadetadvijñāya kṣetrajño hi catuṣṭayam ”
yathāvad -
yathāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
etad -
etad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vijñāya -
vijñāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vijñāya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vijña (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

vijña (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
kṣetrajño* -
kṣetrajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
catuṣṭayam -
catuṣṭaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

catuṣṭaya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “ārjavaṃ javatāṃ hitvā prāpnoti padamakṣaram ”
ārjavam -
ārjava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ārjava (noun, neuter)

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

ārjavā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
javatām -
√jū -> javat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √jū class 1 verb]

√jū -> javat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √jū class 1 verb]

√jū (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
hitvā -
hitvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√hi -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √hi]

hitvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpnoti -
√āp (verb class 5)

[present active third single]
padam -
pada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
akṣaram -
akṣara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akṣara (noun, neuter)

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

akṣarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṣar (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]

√kṣar (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first single]