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 12.51

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शमेनैवंविधेनायं कामद्वेषविगर्हिणा ।
ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नोति परितोषेण वञ्चितः ॥ ५१ ॥

śamenaivaṃvidhenāyaṃ kāmadveṣavigarhiṇā |
brahmalokamavāpnoti paritoṣeṇa vañcitaḥ || 51 ||

'With a tranquillity of this kind, which disdains desire or dislike, he reaches the world of Brahman, deceived by the delight.
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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 (12.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shama, Evamvidha, Aya, Idam, Kama, Dvesha, Vigarhin, Brahmaloka, Ava, Paritosha, Vancita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.51). 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: “śamenaivaṃvidhenāyaṃ kāmadveṣavigarhiṇā ”
śamenai -
śama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śama (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
evaṃvidhenā -
evaṃvidha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

evaṃvidha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dveṣa -
dveṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vigarhiṇā -
vigarhin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vigarhin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “brahmalokamavāpnoti paritoṣeṇa vañcitaḥ ”
brahmalokam -
brahmaloka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
avā -
ava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[compound], [instrumental single]

u (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√av (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√u (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

ava (Preverb)

[Preverb]

avā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpnoti -
√āp (verb class 5)

[present active third single]
paritoṣeṇa -
paritoṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
vañcitaḥ -
vañcita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vañc -> vañcita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vañc]