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 12.19

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विकार इति बुद्धिं तु विषयानिन्द्रियाणि च ।
पाणिपादं च वादं च पायूपस्थं तथा मनः ॥ १९ ॥

vikāra iti buddhiṃ tu viṣayānindriyāṇi ca |
pāṇipādaṃ ca vādaṃ ca pāyūpasthaṃ tathā manaḥ || 19 ||

'But know that the "evolutes" consist of intellect, external objects, the senses, and the hands, feet, voice, anus, and generative organ, and also the mind.
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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 (12.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vikara, Iti, Buddhi, Vishaya, Indriya, Indriyani, Panipada, Vada, Payupastha, Tatha, Mana, Manas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.19). 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: “vikāra iti buddhiṃ tu viṣayānindriyāṇi ca ”
vikāra* -
vikāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
buddhim -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
viṣayān -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
indriyāṇi -
indriyāṇi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

indriyāṇi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

indriyāṇi (noun, neuter)

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

indriya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “pāṇipādaṃ ca vādaṃ ca pāyūpasthaṃ tathā manaḥ ”
pāṇipādam -
pāṇipāda (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vādam -
vāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāda (noun, neuter)

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

vādā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vad -> vādam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vad]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pāyūpastham -
pāyūpastha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]