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 12.83

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सञ्ज्ञासञ्ज्ञित्वयोर्दोषं ज्ञात्वा हि मुनिरुद्रकः ।
आकिञ्चिन्यात्परं लेभे सञ्ज्ञासञ्ज्ञात्मिकां गतिम् ॥ ८३ ॥

sañjñāsañjñitvayordoṣaṃ jñātvā hi munirudrakaḥ |
ākiñcinyātparaṃ lebhe sañjñāsañjñātmikāṃ gatim || 83 ||

For the sage Udraka, having learned the inherent imperfections of the name and the thing named, took refuge in a theory beyond Nihilism, which maintained a name and a non-name.
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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 (12.83). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sanjna, Sanjnitva, Dosha, Muni, Udraka, Kim, Cini, Param, Para, Asanjna, Atmika, Gati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.83). 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: “sañjñāsañjñitvayordoṣaṃ jñātvā hi munirudrakaḥ ”
sañjñā -
sañjñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sañjñitvayor -
sañjñitva (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
doṣam -
doṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

doṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jñātvā -
√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jñā]

√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jñā]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
munir -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
udrakaḥ -
udraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ākiñcinyātparaṃ lebhe sañjñāsañjñātmikāṃ gatim ”
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kiñ -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
cinyā -
cinī (noun, masculine)

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

cinī (noun, feminine)

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

cinī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āt -
āt (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
lebhe -
√labh (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
sañjñā -
sañjña (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sañjña (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sañjñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asañjñā -
asañjña (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asañjña (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

asañjñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ātmikām -
ātmikā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gatim -
gati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

gati (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]