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 12.79

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अथाज्ञ इति सिद्धो वः कल्पितेन किमात्मना ।
विनापि ह्यात्मनाज्ञानं प्रसिद्धं काष्ठकुड्यवत् ॥ ७९ ॥

athājña iti siddho vaḥ kalpitena kimātmanā |
vināpi hyātmanājñānaṃ prasiddhaṃ kāṣṭhakuḍyavat || 79 ||

'Or if the soul is declared to be unknowing, then of what use to you is this imagined soul? Even without such a soul, the existence of the absence of knowledge is notorious as, for instance, in a log of wood or a wall.
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 (12.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Siddha, Yushmad, Kalpita, Kim, Atman, Vina, Api, Ajnana, Prasiddha, Kashtha, Kudi, Kudya, Avat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.79). 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: “athājña iti siddho vaḥ kalpitena kimātmanā ”
Cannot analyse athājña*it
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
siddho* -
siddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sidh class 1 verb]
vaḥ -
va (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
kalpitena -
kalpita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kalpita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √kḷp]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ātmanā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “vināpi hyātmanājñānaṃ prasiddhaṃ kāṣṭhakuḍyavat ”
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
hyā -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ātmanā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
ajñānam -
ajñāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ajñāna (noun, neuter)

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

ajñānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prasiddham -
prasiddha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prasiddha (noun, neuter)

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

prasiddhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kāṣṭha -
kāṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kuḍya -
kuḍi (noun, masculine)

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

kuḍī (noun, feminine)

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

kuḍya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kuḍ -> kuḍya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kuḍ]
avat -
avat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

avat (noun, neuter)

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

√u -> avat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb]