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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snāpayati / sace dāni tatra snāyanto udakarākṣasena khajjeya purohito asṃākaṃ aparituṣṭo bhaveya kiṃ tumhehi udakahradāto na vārito // so dāni tena upādhyāyena dharmapālako māṇavako śabdāpito ucyati // mā atra udakahrade snāyāhi atra udakahrade rākṣaso dāruṇo prativasati / mā tena udakarākṣasena khajjiṣyasi // tatra ca udakahrade maheśākhyo nāgo prativasati mahāparivāro tasya ca nāgarājño putro dharmapālena māṇavakena sārdhaṃ prīṇayati kathāsamullāpena ramati / tena so māṇavako nāgabhavanāntaḥ tārito // tena māṇavakena sārdhaṃ so nāgakumāro kathāsamullāpena ramati tatra ca nāgabhavane dharmapālo māṇavako daśa kuśalāṃ karmapathāṃ deśayati // aparo ca māṇavako dharmapālasya samavayo sadṛśo ca grāmāntaraṃ tena mārgeṇa gacchanto tahiṃ udakahrade udake snāyate // so tena udakarākṣasena mārito tahiṃ udakahrade ardhakhāditako plavanto apareṇa māṇavakena dṛṣṭo // tena āśramaṃ gatvā upādhyāyasya ārocitaṃ dharmapālo udakarākṣasena khāyito ti // so brāhmaṇo sarvehi tehi paṃcahi vaṭukaśatehi sārdhaṃ taṃ udakahradaṃ gato paśyati ca taṃ māṇavakaṃ udakarākṣasena ardhakhāditakaṃ plavantaṃ / tehi taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvehi rāvo mukto // tehi tato udakāto utkṣipitvā kāṣṭhāni samāvartayitvā dhyāyito // tāni asthīni ghaṭake kṛtvā saparivāro vārāṇasīṃ gato brahmāyusya mūle / aśrukaṇṭho rudanmukho brahmāyuṣya upasaṃkramitvā āha // sa dharmapālo udakarākṣasena mārito / ibhāni asthīni // brahmāyu brāhmaṇaṃ āha // nāsti etan ti dharmapālo daharo kumāro nāpi asmākaṃ kule daharā mṛtapūrvā // so dāni brahmāyur brāhmaṇo taṃ dharmapālasya upādhyāyaṃ gāthāya adhyabhāṣasi //

Last Updated: 02 August, 2021