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Mahavastu [sanskrit verse and prose]
177,961 words | ISBN-10: 8120804813 | ISBN-13: 9788120804814
The Sanskrit edition of the Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition includes the verses as well as the prose sections. Original title: Mahāvastu-avādana (महावस्तु-अवादन), Mahāvastvavādana (महावस्त्ववादन, mahavastvavadana).
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mahāpravārāṇi ucchritadhvajapatākāni ṣaṣṭiṃ dhenusahasrāṇi vatsadohinī / tasya ṣaṣṭiṃ kanyāsahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ paryaṃkasahasrāṇi sauvarṇamayāni rūpyamayāni dantamayāni // arindamasya khalu punar bhikṣavo rājño ṣaṣṭiṃ suvarṇapārisahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ rūpyapārisahasrāṇi abhūnsuḥ // ariṃdamasya khalu punar bhikṣavo rājño pitṛpitāmahāni ṣaṣṭiṃ nidhisahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ nagarasahasrāṇi ṛddhisphītāni akaṇṭakāni // ariṃdamasya rājño śroṇo nāma purohitaputro abhūṣi trayāṇāṃ vedānāṃ pārago akṣaraprabhedānāṃ itihāsapaṃcamānāṃ sanighaṇṭukaiṭabhānāṃ anupadakavyākaraṇakuśalo brāhmaṇavedeṣu daśa kuśalāṃ karmapathāṃ samādāyavartī kāmeṣu ādīnavaṃ dṛṣṭvā anuhimavantaṃ gatvā ṛṣipravrajyāṃ pravrajito // tena dāni bāhirakeṇa mārgeṇa yujyantena ghaṭantena vyāyamantena catvāri dhyānāny utpāditāni paṃcābhijñā ca sākṣīkṛtā maharddhiko mahānubhāvo ṛṣī saṃvṛtto //
___atha khalu bhikṣavo śroṇasya ṛṣisya dīrghasyādhvano tyayena etad abhūṣi // rājā arindamo mama dārakavayasyo sahapāṃśukrīḍito tasya cādya caturāśīti varṣasahasrāṇi mahārājyaṃ kārayantasya samayo khalu rājño arindamasya pravrajyāye yaṃ nūnam asyāhaṃ saṃcodayeyaṃ // atha khalu bhikṣavo śroṇako ṛṣis tadyathāpi nāma balavāṃ puruṣo saṃmiñjitāṃ vā bāhāṃ prasāraye prasāritāṃ vā bāhāṃ saṃmiṃjaye ettakena kṣaṇavītihāreṇānuhimavaṃtāto āśramāto vaihāyasam abhyudgamya mahādevāmravane pratyasthāsi // adrākṣīd bhikṣavo arindamasya brāhmaṇapurohito rājācāryaḥ śroṇakaṃ ṛṣiṃ mahādevāmravane anyatamasmiṃ āmramūle niṣaṇṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca punar yena śroṇako ṛṣī tenopasaṃkramitvā śroṇakam ṛṣiṃ sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca pratisaṃmoditvā śroṇakaṃ ṛṣiṃ abhivādetvā yena
___atha khalu bhikṣavo śroṇasya ṛṣisya dīrghasyādhvano tyayena etad abhūṣi // rājā arindamo mama dārakavayasyo sahapāṃśukrīḍito tasya cādya caturāśīti varṣasahasrāṇi mahārājyaṃ kārayantasya samayo khalu rājño arindamasya pravrajyāye yaṃ nūnam asyāhaṃ saṃcodayeyaṃ // atha khalu bhikṣavo śroṇako ṛṣis tadyathāpi nāma balavāṃ puruṣo saṃmiñjitāṃ vā bāhāṃ prasāraye prasāritāṃ vā bāhāṃ saṃmiṃjaye ettakena kṣaṇavītihāreṇānuhimavaṃtāto āśramāto vaihāyasam abhyudgamya mahādevāmravane pratyasthāsi // adrākṣīd bhikṣavo arindamasya brāhmaṇapurohito rājācāryaḥ śroṇakaṃ ṛṣiṃ mahādevāmravane anyatamasmiṃ āmramūle niṣaṇṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca punar yena śroṇako ṛṣī tenopasaṃkramitvā śroṇakam ṛṣiṃ sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca pratisaṃmoditvā śroṇakaṃ ṛṣiṃ abhivādetvā yena