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 12.102

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स्वस्थप्रसन्नमनसः समाधिरुपपद्यते ।
समाधियुक्तचित्तस्य ध्यानयोगः प्रवर्तते ॥ १०२ ॥

svasthaprasannamanasaḥ samādhirupapadyate |
samādhiyuktacittasya dhyānayogaḥ pravartate || 102 ||

'True meditation is produced in him whose mind is self-possessed and at rest,—to him whose thoughts are engaged in meditation the exercise of perfect contemplation begins at once.
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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 (12.102). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svastha, Prasannamanas, Samadhi, Yat, Yata, Yati, Samadha, Samadhin, Yukta, Citta, Dhyanayoga, Pravarta, 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 12.102). 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: “svasthaprasannamanasaḥ samādhirupapadyate ”
svastha -
svastha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svastha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prasannamanasaḥ -
prasannamanas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
samādhir -
samādhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
upapad -
upapad (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
yate -
yat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

yatā (noun, feminine)

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

yati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yata (noun, neuter)

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

yati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √yam class 1 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [locative single from √yam class 1 verb]

√yam -> yatā (participle, feminine)

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

√yat (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
Line 2: “samādhiyuktacittasya dhyānayogaḥ pravartate ”
samādhi -
samādhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

samādhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

samādhin (noun, neuter)

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

samādhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
yukta -
yukta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yukta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √yuj class 7 verb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
cittasya -
citta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
dhyānayogaḥ -
dhyānayoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pravarta -
pravarta (noun, masculine)

[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]