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 12.65

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एतत्तत्परमं ब्रह्म निर्लिङ्गं ध्रुवमक्षरम् ।
यन्मोक्ष इति तत्त्वज्ञाः कथयन्ति मनीषिणः ॥ ६५ ॥

etattatparamaṃ brahma nirliṅgaṃ dhruvamakṣaram |
yanmokṣa iti tattvajñāḥ kathayanti manīṣiṇaḥ || 65 ||

'This is that supreme Brahman, constant, eternal, and without distinctive signs; which the wise who know reality declare to be liberation.
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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 (12.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Tatpara, Brahma, Brahman, Nirlinga, Dhruvam, Dhruva, Akshara, Yat, Yad, Moksha, Iti, Tattvajna, Kathayat, Kathayanti, Manishin, Manishi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.65). 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: “etattatparamaṃ brahma nirliṅgaṃ dhruvamakṣaram ”
etat -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tatparam -
tatpara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tatpara (noun, neuter)

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

tatparā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
nirliṅgam -
nirliṅga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nirliṅga (noun, neuter)

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

nirliṅgā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dhruvam -
dhruvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dhruva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhruva (noun, neuter)

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

dhruvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
akṣaram -
akṣara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akṣara (noun, neuter)

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

akṣarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṣar (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]

√kṣar (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first single]
Line 2: “yanmokṣa iti tattvajñāḥ kathayanti manīṣiṇaḥ ”
yan -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
mokṣa* -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
tattvajñāḥ -
tattvajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tattvajñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kathayanti -
√kath -> kathayat (participle, neuter)

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

√kath -> kathayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √kath class 10 verb]

√kath (verb class 10)

[present active third plural]
manīṣiṇaḥ -
manīṣin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

manīṣin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manīṣī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]