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 12.33

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इत्यविद्या हि विद्वांसः पञ्चपर्वा समीहते ।
तमो मोहं महामोहं तामिस्रद्वयमेव च ॥ ३३ ॥

ityavidyā hi vidvāṃsaḥ pañcaparvā samīhate |
tamo mohaṃ mahāmohaṃ tāmisradvayameva ca || 33 ||

'Thus Ignorance, O ye wise, being fivefold in its character, energises towards torpor, delusion, the great delusion, and the two kinds of darkness.
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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 (12.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Itya, Avidya, Vidvas, Pancaparva, Pancaparvan, Samin, Sami, Tama, Tamas, Moha, Mahamoha, Tamisra, Dvayam, Dvaya, 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 12.33). 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: “ityavidyā hi vidvāṃsaḥ pañcaparvā samīhate ”
itya -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
avidyā* -
avidya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

avidyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vidvāṃsaḥ -
vidvas (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vid class 2 verb]
pañcaparvā -
pañcaparvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pañcaparvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
samī -
samin (noun, masculine)

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

samī (noun, masculine)

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

samī (noun, feminine)

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

samī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
īhate -
√īh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
Line 2: “tamo mohaṃ mahāmohaṃ tāmisradvayameva ca ”
tamo* -
tamas (noun, neuter)

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

tama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
moham -
moha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mohā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mahāmoham -
mahāmoha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mahāmohā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tāmisra -
tāmisra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tāmisra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dvayam -
dvayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dvaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dvaya (noun, neuter)

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