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 5.11

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अधिगम्य ततो विवेकजं तु परमप्रीतिसुखं मनः समाधिम् ।
इदमेव ततः परं प्रदध्यौ मनसा लोकगतिं निशम्य सम्यक् ॥ ११ ॥

adhigamya tato vivekajaṃ tu paramaprītisukhaṃ manaḥ samādhim |
idameva tataḥ paraṃ pradadhyau manasā lokagatiṃ niśamya samyak || 11 ||

Having then obtained the highest happiness sprung from deliberation, he next pondered this meditation,—having thoroughly understood in his mind the course of the world:
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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 (5.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhigamya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vivekaja, Parama, Pritisukha, Mana, Manas, Samadhi, Idam, Eva, Param, Para, Prada, Manasa, Lokagati, Nisham, Nisha, Samyak,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.11). 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: “adhigamya tato vivekajaṃ tu paramaprītisukhaṃ manaḥ samādhim ”
adhigamya -
adhigamya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adhigamya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
vivekajam -
vivekaja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vivekaja (noun, neuter)

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

vivekajā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
parama -
parama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prītisukham -
prītisukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prītisukha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
samādhim -
samādhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “idameva tataḥ paraṃ pradadhyau manasā lokagatiṃ niśamya samyak ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
prada -
prada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhyau -
manasā* -
manasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

manasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
lokagatim -
lokagati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
niśam -
niśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

niśa (noun, neuter)

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

niśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ya -
samyak -
samyak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]