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 12.70

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विकारप्रकृतिभ्यो हि क्षेत्रज्ञं मुक्तमप्यहम् ।
मन्ये प्रसवधर्माणं वीजधर्माणमेव च ॥ ७० ॥

vikāraprakṛtibhyo hi kṣetrajñaṃ muktamapyaham |
manye prasavadharmāṇaṃ vījadharmāṇameva ca || 70 ||

'For I consider that the embodied soul, though freed from the evolutes and the evolvents, is still subject to the condition of birth and has the condition of a seed.
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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 (12.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vikara, Prakriti, Kshetrajna, Mukta, Api, Apya, Aha, Asmad, Manya, Mani, Prasavadharman, Vija, Dharman, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.70). 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: “vikāraprakṛtibhyo hi kṣetrajñaṃ muktamapyaham ”
vikāra -
vikāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
prakṛtibhyo* -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kṣetrajñam -
kṣetrajña (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣetrajña (noun, neuter)

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

kṣetrajñā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
muktam -
mukta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mukta (noun, neuter)

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

muktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √muc class 6 verb], [accusative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √muc class 1 verb], [accusative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √muj class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √muj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √muj class 1 verb]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “manye prasavadharmāṇaṃ vījadharmāṇameva ca ”
manye -
manya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

manya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

manyā (noun, feminine)

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

manī (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

√man (verb class 4)

[present middle first single], [present passive first single]

√man (verb class 8)

[present passive first single]
prasavadharmāṇam -
prasavadharman (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vīja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vīj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
dharmāṇam -
dharman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]