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 12.80

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परतः परतस्त्यागो यस्मात्तु गुणवान् स्मृतः ।
तस्मात्सर्वपरित्यागान्मन्ये कृत्स्नां कृतार्थताम् ॥ ८० ॥

parataḥ paratastyāgo yasmāttu guṇavān smṛtaḥ |
tasmātsarvaparityāgānmanye kṛtsnāṃ kṛtārthatām || 80 ||

'And since each successive abandonment is held to be still accompanied by qualities, I maintain that the absolute attainment of our end can only be found in the abandonment of everything.'
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 (12.80). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paratah, Tyaga, Yasmat, Yah, Yat, Gunavat, Smrita, Tasmat, Tad, Sarva, Parityaga, Manya, Mani, Kritsna, Kritarthata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.80). 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: “parataḥ paratastyāgo yasmāttu guṇavān smṛtaḥ ”
parataḥ -
parataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
paratas -
parataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tyāgo* -
tyāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yasmāt -
yasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
guṇavān -
guṇavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “tasmātsarvaparityāgānmanye kṛtsnāṃ kṛtārthatām ”
tasmāt -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
sarva -
sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
parityāgān -
parityāga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
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]
kṛtsnām -
kṛtsnā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kṛtārthatām -
kṛtārthatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]