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Mahavastu [sanskrit verses and english]
by Émile Senart | 1882 | 56,574 words
This is the Sanskrit Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition only includes those metrical verses occuring in the various stories and Jatakas, as well as the corresponding English translation by J. J. Jones.
Verse 26.32
सो तं कर्म करित्वान कल्याणं बुद्धवर्णितं ।
ब्राह्मणो अकरि कालं जातानाम् एव धर्मता ॥ ३२ ॥
so taṃ karma karitvāna kalyāṇaṃ buddhavarṇitaṃ |
brāhmaṇo akari kālaṃ jātānām eva dharmatā || 32 ||
“Having performed this lovely deed in praise of the Buddha, the brahman died, as is the lot of those that are born. (32)
English translation by J. J. Jones (1949) Read online
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (26.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Karman, Karitva, Kalyana, Buddha, Varnita, Aka, Kalam, Kala, Jata, Eva, Dharmata,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 26.32). 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: “so taṃ karma karitvāna kalyāṇaṃ buddhavarṇitaṃ ”
- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- karma -
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karman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- karitvān -
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karitva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kalyāṇam -
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kalyāṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kalyāṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- buddha -
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buddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]buddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- varṇitam -
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varṇita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]varṇita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]varṇitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√varṇ -> varṇita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √varṇ class 10 verb]√varṇ -> varṇita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √varṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √varṇ class 10 verb]
- Line 2: “brāhmaṇo akari kālaṃ jātānām eva dharmatā ”
- brāhmaṇo -
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- aka -
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aka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ak (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ri -
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rī (noun, feminine)[adverb]rai (noun, masculine)[adverb]
- kālam -
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kālam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kāla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kāla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kālā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- jātānām -
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jāta (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]jāta (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]jātā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)[genitive plural from √jan class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 2 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 3 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 4 verb]√jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)[genitive plural from √jan class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 2 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 3 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 4 verb]√jan -> jātā (participle, feminine)[genitive plural from √jan class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 2 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 3 verb], [genitive plural from √jan class 4 verb]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dharmatā -
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dharmatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 26.32
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit