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 12.52

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ज्ञात्वा विद्वान् वितर्कांस्तु मनःसङ्क्षोभकारकान् ।
तद्वियुक्तमवाप्नोति ध्यानं प्रीतिसुखान्वितम् ॥ ५२ ॥

jñātvā vidvān vitarkāṃstu manaḥsaṅkṣobhakārakān |
tadviyuktamavāpnoti dhyānaṃ prītisukhānvitam || 52 ||

'But the wise man, knowing that these reasonings bewilder the mind, reaches a (second) stage of contemplation separate from this, which has its own pleasure and ecstasy.
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 (12.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vidvas, Vitarka, Manahsankshobha, Karaka, Tad, Tat, Viyukta, Ava, Dhyana, Pritisukha, Vita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.52). 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: “jñātvā vidvān vitarkāṃstu manaḥsaṅkṣobhakārakān ”
jñātvā -
√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jñā]

√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jñā]
vidvān -
vidvas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb]
vitarkāṃs -
vitarka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
manaḥsaṅkṣobha -
manaḥsaṅkṣobha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

manaḥsaṅkṣobha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kārakān -
kāraka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “tadviyuktamavāpnoti dhyānaṃ prītisukhānvitam ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
viyuktam -
viyukta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viyukta (noun, neuter)

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

viyuktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
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]
dhyānam -
dhyāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhyāna (noun, neuter)

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

dhyānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prītisukhān -
prītisukha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vitam -
vita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vita (noun, neuter)

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