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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).
Section 1.38
atha khalu mahāmaudgalyāyana vasumate mahānagare duve gandhikamahattarakā abhiyasya bhikṣusya abhiprasannā abhūṣi // atha khalu mahāmaudgalyāyan'; abhiyo bhikṣu śatasahasrahasto yena te duve gandhikamahattarakā tenopasaṃkramitvā duve gandhikamahattarakāṃ etad avocat* // icchāmi vāsiṣṭhāho imasya śatasahasrasya keśaraṃ / parihariyāhaṃ bhagavato sarvābhibhūsya saśrāvakasaṃghasya adhikāraṃ karomi // pariharensuḥ mahāmaudgalyāyana te duve gandhikamahattarakā śatasahasrakeśaraṃ // atha khalu mahāmaudgalyāyana abhiyo bhikṣuḥ bhagavantaṃ sarvābhibhūṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ prabhūtena khādanīyabhojanīya-āsvādanīyena santarpayitvā saṃpracārayitvā bhuktāviṃ dhautapāṇiṃ apanītapātraṃ viditvā tena śatasahasrakeśareṇa bhagavantaṃ sarvābhibhūṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ okiresi adhyokiresi prakiresi okiritvā adhyokiritvā abhiprakiritvā evaṃ cittaṃ utpādesi // aho punar ahaṃ pi anāgatam adhvānaṃ bhaveyaṃ tathāgato araho samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca yathāyaṃ bhagavāṃ sarvābhibhū etarahesi // evaṃ dvātriṃśatmahāpuruṣalakṣaṇehi samanvāgato bhaveyaṃ aśītihi anuvyaṃjanehi anuvirājitaśarīro aṣṭādaśāveṇikehi buddhadharmehi samanvāgato daśahi tathāgatabalehi balavāṃ caturhi vaiśāradyehi viśārado