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 12.64

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ततो मुञ्जादिषीकेव शकुनिः पञ्जरादिव ।
क्षेत्रज्ञो निःसृतो देहान्मुक्त इत्यभिधीयते ॥ ६४ ॥

tato muñjādiṣīkeva śakuniḥ pañjarādiva |
kṣetrajño niḥsṛto dehānmukta ityabhidhīyate || 64 ||

'Then like the Munja-reed's stalk from its sheath or the bird from its cage, the soul, escaped from the body, is declared to be "liberated."
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 (12.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Munja, Ishika, Iva, Shakuni, Panjara, Kshetrajna, Nihsrita, Deha, Mukta, Iti, Itya, Abhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.64). 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: “tato muñjādiṣīkeva śakuniḥ pañjarādiva ”
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
muñjād -
muñja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
iṣīke -
iṣīka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

iṣīkā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śakuniḥ -
śakuni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pañjarād -
pañjara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pañjara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “kṣetrajño niḥsṛto dehānmukta ityabhidhīyate ”
kṣetrajño* -
kṣetrajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
niḥsṛto* -
niḥsṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dehān -
deha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muj class 1 verb]
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]
abhi -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

abhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
dhīyate -
√dhā (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√dhā (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√dhā (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]

√dhā (verb class 4)

[present passive third single]

√dhe (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√dhi (verb class 5)

[present passive third single]

√dhi (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√dhī (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]

√dhī (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]

√dhyā (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√dhyā (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]