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 13.63

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सत्त्वेषु नष्टेषु महान्धकारैर्ज्ञानप्रदीपः क्रियमाण एषः ।
आर्यस्य निर्वापयितुं न साधु प्रज्वाल्यमानस्तमसीव दीपः ॥ ६३ ॥

sattveṣu naṣṭeṣu mahāndhakārairjñānapradīpaḥ kriyamāṇa eṣaḥ |
āryasya nirvāpayituṃ na sādhu prajvālyamānastamasīva dīpaḥ || 63 ||

'He who is made a lamp of knowledge when all beings are lost in the great darkness,—it is not for a right-minded soul to try to quench him,—like a lamp kindled in the gloom of night.
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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 (13.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sattva, Nashta, Mahandhakara, Jnanapradipa, Kriyamana, Esha, Arya, Nih, Sadhu, Prajvalya, Ana, Tamas, Iva, Dipa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.63). 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: “sattveṣu naṣṭeṣu mahāndhakārairjñānapradīpaḥ kriyamāṇa eṣaḥ ”
sattveṣu -
sattva (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sattva (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
naṣṭeṣu -
naṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

naṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [locative plural from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [locative plural from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √naś class 1 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √naś class 1 verb]
mahāndhakārair -
mahāndhakāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
jñānapradīpaḥ -
jñānapradīpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kriyamāṇa* -
kriyamāṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kriyamāṇa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kriyamāṇa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
eṣaḥ -
eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “āryasya nirvāpayituṃ na sādhu prajvālyamānastamasīva dīpaḥ ”
āryasya -
ārya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ārya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
nir -
niḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

niḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vāpayitum -
√vā -> vāpayitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √vā]

√vap -> vāpayitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √vap]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sādhu -
sādhu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sādhu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

sādhu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sādhu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
prajvālyam -
prajvālya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prajvālya (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

√an (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
tamasī -
tamas (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dīpaḥ -
dīpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]