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 12.69

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श्रुतं ज्ञानमिदं सूक्ष्मं परतः परतः शिवम् ।
क्षेत्रेष्वस्यापरित्यागादवैम्येतदनैष्ठिकम् ॥ ६९ ॥

śrutaṃ jñānamidaṃ sūkṣmaṃ parataḥ parataḥ śivam |
kṣetreṣvasyāparityāgādavaimyetadanaiṣṭhikam || 69 ||

'I have heard this thy doctrine, subtil and pre-eminently auspicious, but I hold that it cannot be final, because it does not teach us how to abandon this soul itself in the various bodies.
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 (12.69). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrut, Shruta, Jnana, Idam, Sukshmam, Sukshma, Paratah, Shivam, Shiva, Kshetra, Asi, Parityaga, Ava, Etad, Naishthika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.69). 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: “śrutaṃ jñānamidaṃ sūkṣmaṃ parataḥ parataḥ śivam ”
śrutam -
śruta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śruta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śrutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śrut (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śrut (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]

√śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
jñānam -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

jñānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
sūkṣmam -
sūkṣmam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sūkṣma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sūkṣma (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sūkṣmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
parataḥ -
parataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
parataḥ -
parataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śivam -
śivam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

śiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śiva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śivā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “kṣetreṣvasyāparityāgādavaimyetadanaiṣṭhikam ”
kṣetreṣva -
kṣetra (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
asyā -
asi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

asī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
parityāgād -
parityāga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
avai -
ava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[compound], [instrumental single]

√av (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√u (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]

√u (verb class 2)

[imperative middle first single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single]

ava (Preverb)

[Preverb]

avā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
emye -
√i (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
etad -
etad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
naiṣṭhikam -
naiṣṭhika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

naiṣṭhika (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]