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 12.18

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तत्र तु प्रकृतिर्नाम विद्धि प्रकृतिकोविद ।
पञ्च भूतान्यहङ्कारं बुद्धिमव्यक्तमेव च ॥ १८ ॥

tatra tu prakṛtirnāma viddhi prakṛtikovida |
pañca bhūtānyahaṅkāraṃ buddhimavyaktameva ca || 18 ||

'But know, O thou who art deep in the search into the nature of things, that the five elements, egoism, intellect, and "the unmanifested" are the "evolvents;"
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 (12.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Prakriti, Naman, Prakritika, Vida, Panca, Pancan, Bhuta, Bhutani, Ahankara, Buddhi, Avyaktam, Avyakta, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.18). 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: “tatra tu prakṛtirnāma viddhi prakṛtikovida ”
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
prakṛtir -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
prakṛtiko -
prakṛtika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vida -
vida (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vida (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]
Line 2: “pañca bhūtānyahaṅkāraṃ buddhimavyaktameva ca ”
pañca -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pañcan (noun, neuter)

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

√pañc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhūtānya -
bhūtāni (noun, masculine)

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

bhūtāni (noun, feminine)

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

bhūtāni (noun, neuter)

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

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ahaṅkāram -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ahaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
buddhim -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
avyaktam -
avyaktam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

avyakta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

avyakta (noun, neuter)

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

avyaktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]