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 12.66

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इत्युपायश्च मोक्षश्च मया सन्दर्शितस्तव ।
यदि ज्ञातं यदि रुचिर् यथावत्प्रतिपद्यताम् ॥ ६६ ॥

ityupāyaśca mokṣaśca mayā sandarśitastava |
yadi jñātaṃ yadi rucir yathāvatpratipadyatām || 66 ||

'Thus have I shown to thee the means and liberation; if thou hast understood and approved it, then act accordingly.
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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 (12.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Upaya, Moksha, Maya, Asmad, Sandarshita, Yushmad, Yadi, Yad, Jnata, Ruci, Yathavat, Pratipad, Pratipadi, Pratipadya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.66). 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: “ityupāyaśca mokṣaśca mayā sandarśitastava ”
ityu -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
upāyaś -
upāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mokṣaś -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
sandarśitas -
sandarśita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
Line 2: “yadi jñātaṃ yadi rucir yathāvatpratipadyatām ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
jñātam -
jñāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jñāta (noun, neuter)

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

jñātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jñā -> jñāta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā -> jñāta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
rucir -
ruci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ruci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathāvat -
yathāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pratipadya -
pratipadī (noun, feminine)

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

pratipadya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratipadya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratipad (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [locative single]
atā -
√at (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]