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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 2.125
āśvāsapraśvāsānuparundhe / tasya me bhikṣavaḥ mukhato ca nāsikāśrotrehi ca ubhayato ca karṇaśrotravivarāntarehi āśvāsapraśvāsā orudhvā ūrdhvaṃ śīrṣakapālaṃ vātā praharensuḥ samuttarensuḥ / sayyathāpi nāma bhikṣavaḥ goghātako vā goghātakāntevāsī vā tīkṣṇena govikartanena gāvīye śīrṣakapālaṃ dāleya saṃpradāleya cchindeya parikartaye saṃparikartaye evam eva mukhato ca nāsikāśrotrehi ca ubhayato karṇaśrotravivarehi āśvāsapraśvāsā uparudhvā ūrdhvaṃ śīrṣakapālaṃ vātā praharensu samūhensuḥ // tasya me bhikṣavaḥ etad abhūṣi // santi ihaiva keci śuddhiṃ prajñapayanti te kolaṃ pi āhāram āharanti kolacchallaṃ pi āhāraṃ āharanti kolodakaṃ pi pibanti vividhāhi pi kolavikṛtīhi yāpenti / yaṃ nūnāhaṃ ekaṃ kolakam advitīyaṃ āhāram āhareyaṃ // sa khalv ahaṃ bhikṣavaḥ ekaṃ kolam advitīyam āhāraṃ āhare // tasya me ayaṃ kāyo adhimātrakṛśatām anuprāpto abhūṣi adhimātrakṛśatām anuprāpto abhūṣi // sayyathāpi nāma kālaparvāṇi vā evam eva me aṃgāni abhūnsuḥ sayyathāpi nāma ajapadaṃ vā uṣṭrapadaṃ vā evam eva me parśukā abhūnsuḥ / sayyathāpi nāma ubhayato pārśve vivṛtāyāṃ vāhanāgāraśālāyāṃ gopānasīye antarāṇi vivaṭāni vītilokensuḥ vītikāsensu evam eva pārśulikāni pārśulikāntarāṇi vibaddhāni vītilokensuḥ vītikāsensuḥ / sayyathāpi nāma vaṭṭanaveṇī unnatāvanatā evam eva pṛṣṭhakaṇṭhakāni