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 12.63

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अध्यात्मकुशलेष्वन्यो निवर्त्यात्मानमात्मना ।
किञ्चिन्नास्तीति सम्पश्यन्नाकिञ्चन्य इति स्मृतः ॥ ६३ ॥

adhyātmakuśaleṣvanyo nivartyātmānamātmanā |
kiñcinnāstīti sampaśyannākiñcanya iti smṛtaḥ || 63 ||

'Another one of those who are profoundly versed in the supreme Self, having abolished himself by himself, sees that nothing exists and is called a Nihilist.
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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 (12.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhyatma, Adhyatman, Kushala, Ani, Nivartya, Mana, Atman, Kincid, Kincit, Nasti, Iti, Sampa, Shyat, Akincanya, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.63). 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: “adhyātmakuśaleṣvanyo nivartyātmānamātmanā ”
adhyātma -
adhyātma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adhyātma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

adhyātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

adhyātman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kuśaleṣva -
kuśala (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kuśala (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
anyo* -
anī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
nivartyāt -
nivartya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

nivartya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mānam -
māna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māna (noun, neuter)

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

√man -> māna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]

√man -> māna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
ātmanā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “kiñcinnāstīti sampaśyannākiñcanya iti smṛtaḥ ”
kiñcin -
kiñcid (noun, neuter)

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

kiñcit (noun, masculine)

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

kiñcit (noun, feminine)

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

kiñcit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
nāstī -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sampa -
sampa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śyann -
√śā -> śyat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śā class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śā class 4 verb]
ākiñcanya* -
ākiñcanya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]