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 12.9

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तद्विज्ञातुमिमं धर्मं परमं भाजनं भवान् ।
ज्ञानपूर्वमधिष्ठाय शीघ्रं दुःखार्णवं तर ॥ ९ ॥

tadvijñātumimaṃ dharmaṃ paramaṃ bhājanaṃ bhavān |
jñānapūrvamadhiṣṭhāya śīghraṃ duḥkhārṇavaṃ tara || 9 ||

'Verily thou art a worthy vessel to receive this highest religion; having mastered it with full knowledge, cross at once over the sea of misery.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (12.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Vijna, Idam, Dharma, Paramam, Parama, Bhajana, Bhava, Bhavant, Jnanapurva, Adhi, Tha, Shighram, Shighra, Duhkha, Arnava, Tara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.9). 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: “tadvijñātumimaṃ dharmaṃ paramaṃ bhājanaṃ bhavān ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [ablative single]

vijña (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
um -
u (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
paramam -
paramam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

parama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

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

paramā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhājanam -
bhājana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhājana (noun, neuter)

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

bhājanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavān -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jñānapūrvamadhiṣṭhāya śīghraṃ duḥkhārṇavaṃ tara ”
jñānapūrvam -
jñānapūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jñānapūrva (noun, neuter)

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

jñānapūrvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
adhiṣ -
adhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

adhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ṭhāya -
ṭha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
śīghram -
śīghram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

śīghra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śīghra (noun, neuter)

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

śīghrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
duḥkhā -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arṇavam -
arṇava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arṇava (noun, neuter)

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

arṇavā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tara -
tara (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√tṝ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]