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 12.73

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सूक्ष्मत्वाच्चैव दोषाणामव्यापाराच्च चेतसः ।
दीर्घत्वादायुषश्चैव मोक्षस्तु परिकल्प्यते ॥ ७३ ॥

sūkṣmatvāccaiva doṣāṇāmavyāpārācca cetasaḥ |
dīrghatvādāyuṣaścaiva mokṣastu parikalpyate || 73 ||

'It is held (by some) that this is liberation, because the "imperfections" are so attenuated, and the thinking power is inactive, and the term of existence is so prolonged;
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 (12.73). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sukshmatva, Dosha, Avyapara, Cetas, Cetasa, Dirghatva, Ayus, Moksha, Parikalpya, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.73). 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: “sūkṣmatvāccaiva doṣāṇāmavyāpārācca cetasaḥ ”
sūkṣmatvāc -
sūkṣmatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
doṣāṇām -
doṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

doṣā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
avyāpārāc -
avyāpāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cetasaḥ -
cetas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

cetasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dīrghatvādāyuṣaścaiva mokṣastu parikalpyate ”
dīrghatvād -
dīrghatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
āyuṣaś -
āyus (noun, masculine)

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

āyus (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
mokṣas -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

parikalpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]