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 12.20

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अस्य क्षेत्रस्य विज्ञानात् क्षेत्रज्ञ इति सञ्ज्ञि च ।
क्षेत्रज्ञ इति चात्मानं कथयन्त्यात्मचिन्तकाः ॥ २० ॥

asya kṣetrasya vijñānāt kṣetrajña iti sañjñi ca |
kṣetrajña iti cātmānaṃ kathayantyātmacintakāḥ || 20 ||

'There is also a something which bears the name kshetragna, from its knowledge of this "field" (kshetra or the body); and those who investigate the soul call the soul kshetragna.
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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 (12.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Idam, Kshetra, Vijnana, Kshetrajna, Iti, Sanjnin, Sanjni, Mana, Kathayat, Kathayanti, Cintaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.20). 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: “asya kṣetrasya vijñānāt kṣetrajña iti sañjñi ca ”
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
kṣetrasya -
kṣetra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vijñānāt -
vijñāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
kṣetrajña* -
kṣetrajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sañjñi -
sañjñin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sañjñin (noun, neuter)

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

sañjñi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sañjñi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

sañjñi (noun, neuter)

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

sañjñī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sañjñī (noun, feminine)

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

sañjñī (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “kṣetrajña iti cātmānaṃ kathayantyātmacintakāḥ ”
kṣetrajña* -
kṣetrajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
cāt -
ca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ca (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]
kathayantyā -
√kath -> kathayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √kath class 10 verb], [nominative plural from √kath class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √kath class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √kath class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √kath class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √kath class 10 verb]

√kath -> kathayantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kath class 10 verb], [vocative single from √kath class 10 verb], [instrumental single from √kath class 10 verb]

√kath (verb class 10)

[present active third plural]
ātma -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
cintakāḥ -
cintaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

cintakā (noun, feminine)

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