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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 1.54
arthaṃ careyaṃ loke devamanuṣyāṇāṃ deśiya dharmaṃ /
evaṃ vineya satvāṃ yathā ayaṃ lokapradyoto //
___dvitīyo praṇidhi tadāsi // aśītiṃ candanavimānāni adāsi lokottarasya buddhasya guruṇo // ahaṃ bhagavān asyāṃ ito asaṃkhyeye // tṛtīyo praṇidhiḥ tadāsīt* // saptaratanamayānāṃ guhānāṃ aśīti sahasrāṇi arko rājā adāsi parvatanāmasya // caturthī tadā praṇidhiḥ āsīt* // ṣaṭ varṣāṇi carati anityasaṃjñānimittakāmehi ratanendreṇānuśāsito // paṃcamā praṇidhiḥ tadā āsīt* //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne bahubuddhasūtraṃ samāptaṃ
evaṃ mayā śrutamekasmiṃ samaye bhagavāṃ rājagṛhe viharati sma gṛdhrakūṭe parvate // atha khalv āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano kālyam eva nivāsayitvā pātracīvaram ādāya rājagṛhaṃ nagaraṃ piṇḍāya prakrami // atha khalv āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya aciraprakrāntasyaitat abhavat* // atiprāgas tāvad etarahiṃ rājagṛhaṃ nagaraṃ piṇḍāya carituṃ / yaṃ nūnāhaṃ yena śuddhāvāsaṃ devanikāyaṃ tenopasaṃkrameyaṃ // athāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ tadyathāpi
evaṃ vineya satvāṃ yathā ayaṃ lokapradyoto //
___dvitīyo praṇidhi tadāsi // aśītiṃ candanavimānāni adāsi lokottarasya buddhasya guruṇo // ahaṃ bhagavān asyāṃ ito asaṃkhyeye // tṛtīyo praṇidhiḥ tadāsīt* // saptaratanamayānāṃ guhānāṃ aśīti sahasrāṇi arko rājā adāsi parvatanāmasya // caturthī tadā praṇidhiḥ āsīt* // ṣaṭ varṣāṇi carati anityasaṃjñānimittakāmehi ratanendreṇānuśāsito // paṃcamā praṇidhiḥ tadā āsīt* //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne bahubuddhasūtraṃ samāptaṃ
evaṃ mayā śrutamekasmiṃ samaye bhagavāṃ rājagṛhe viharati sma gṛdhrakūṭe parvate // atha khalv āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano kālyam eva nivāsayitvā pātracīvaram ādāya rājagṛhaṃ nagaraṃ piṇḍāya prakrami // atha khalv āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya aciraprakrāntasyaitat abhavat* // atiprāgas tāvad etarahiṃ rājagṛhaṃ nagaraṃ piṇḍāya carituṃ / yaṃ nūnāhaṃ yena śuddhāvāsaṃ devanikāyaṃ tenopasaṃkrameyaṃ // athāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ tadyathāpi