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 12.101

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निर्वृतिः प्राप्यते सम्यक्सततेन्द्रियतर्पणात् ।
सन्तर्पितेन्द्रियतया मनःस्वास्थ्यमवाप्यते ॥ १०१ ॥

nirvṛtiḥ prāpyate samyaksatatendriyatarpaṇāt |
santarpitendriyatayā manaḥsvāsthyamavāpyate || 101 ||

'True calm is properly obtained by the constant satisfaction of the senses; the mind's self-possession is only obtained by the senses being perfectly satisfied.
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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 (12.101). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nirvriti, Prapin, Prapya, Samyak, Satata, Satati, Indriya, Tarpana, Santarpita, Taya, Manahsvasthya, Avapya, 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 12.101). 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: “nirvṛtiḥ prāpyate samyaksatatendriyatarpaṇāt ”
nirvṛtiḥ -
nirvṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nirvṛti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prāpya -
prāpin (noun, masculine)

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

prāpin (noun, neuter)

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

prāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāpi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
ate -
samyak -
samyak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
satate -
satata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

satata (noun, neuter)

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

satatā (noun, feminine)

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

satati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

satati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
indriya -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tarpaṇāt -
tarpaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

tarpaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “santarpitendriyatayā manaḥsvāsthyamavāpyate ”
santarpite -
santarpita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

santarpita (noun, neuter)

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

santarpitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
indriya -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tayā* -
taya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
manaḥsvāsthyam -
manaḥsvāsthya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
avāpya -
avāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avāpya (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]